Many data breaches result in privacy concerns due to data access or exfiltration. But here’s a case where a school’s incident response is causing a new set of privacy concerns. The original incident was covered on DataBreaches.net, and it appears that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has not disclosed anything significant since then. Now more people are demanding…
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After EPIC-Led Coalition Letter, DC Area Facial Recognition System Will Shut Down
From EPIC.org: The Metropolitan Washington Coalition of Governments (MWCOG) informed EPIC today that the National Capital Region Facial Recognition System (NCR-FRILS) will be shut down by July 1, 2021. The system is used by police departments and government agencies in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area. EPIC led a coalition that recently sent a letter to the MWCOG demanding an end…
CLEAR’s “A Day Of Families” Event Shamelessly Exploits COVID Family Separations
Joe Cadillic writes: The mainstream media (MSM) is going out of its way to promote facial recognition, private corporations and the pandemic. ABC, CBS, NBC and The DailyMail fawned over CLEAR, United Airlines and the Marriot Bonvoy’s “A Day Of Families.” No one asked the question: what does bringing families separated by the pandemic have to do with facial recognition?…
Pentagon Surveilling Americans Without a Warrant, Senator Reveals
Joseph Cox reports: The Pentagon is carrying out warrantless surveillance of Americans, according to a new letter written by Senator Ron Wyden and obtained by Motherboard. Senator Wyden’s office asked the Department of Defense (DoD), which includes various military and intelligence agencies such as the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),…