Dave Maass and Hayley Tsukayama of EFF write: One year ago, the California State Auditor released a damning report on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by local law enforcement agencies that confirmed concerns EFF has raised for years. Police are using these camera systems to collect enormous amounts of sensitive data on Californians’ travel patterns. Yet…
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ICE Investigators Use Private Database Covering Millions of Individuals to Pursue Immigration Violations
Raymond G. Lahoud of Norris McLaughlin writes: According to Georgetown Law researchers, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have bought private data containing millions of individuals’ phone, water, electricity, and other utility records. ICE will use these records to pursue immigration violations. ICE’s use of this private data shows how government agencies exploit commercial data…
California State Healthcare Worker Accesses COVID-19 Data on More Than 2,000 Patients and Employees
While insider wrong-doing (snooping) breaches get covered on DataBreaches.net, such breaches may be a workplace privacy issue. Joseph Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: As we noted in late January 2020, the spread of infectious disease raises particular concerns for healthcare workers who want to do their jobs and care for their patients, while also protect themselves and their…
Autonomous Vehicles Will Automatically Stop For Police, Roll Down Their Windows And Unlock Their Doors
Joe Cadillic writes: The National Institute of Justice, the RAND Corporation and the Police Executive Research Forum want to give law enforcement real-time access to autonomous vehicles. Last month, this so-called expert panel identified 17 high-priority law enforcement needs for autonomous vehicles. And as you can imagine some of them are very disturbing. Read more on MassPrivateI.