Joseph Cox reports: “Give your neighborhood peace of mind,” an advertisement for Flock, a line of smart surveillance cameras, reads. A February promotional video claims that the company’s “mission is to eliminate nonviolent crime across the country. We can only do that by working with every neighborhood and every police department throughout the country.” Quietly, this…
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Virginia Becomes the Second State with a Comprehensive Privacy Law
Kyle Dull, Kyle R. Fath, and Patrick Waldrop of BakerHostetler write: Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the second state with a comprehensive privacy law. The CDPA is inspired by both the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation and takes effect Jan. 1, 2023…
Hawley asks FBI director about consumer data collected in Capitol riot investigation
Bryan Lowry reports: Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray about data the bureau has collected from banks, cellular companies and social media platforms in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. […] Hawley’s questioning focused on data the bureau has collected in its investigation — rather than on the causes…
Accidental Wiretaps: The Implications of False Positives By Always-Listening Devices For Privacy Law & Policy
Barrett, Lindsey and Liccardi, Ilaria, Accidental Wiretaps: The Implications of False Positives By Always-Listening Devices For Privacy Law & Policy (February 8, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3781867 Abstract: Always-listening devices like smart speakers, smartphones, and other voice-activated technologies create enough privacy problems when working correctly. But these devices can also misinterpret what they hear, and thus…