Byron Tau reports: A new Treasury Department watchdog report warns that law-enforcement agencies may not be on firm legal footing when they use cellphone GPS data drawn from mobile apps without obtaining a warrant first. In a review of the Internal Revenue Service’s use of a commercial platform that allowed the agency to track cellphones, the Treasury Department…
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Absurdity: Police Surveillance Will Reduce Racial Bias And Allow People To “Maintain A Safe Lifestyle”
Joe Cadillic writes: As the pandemic enters its second year, two recent stories used to justify increasing public surveillance seem almost too incredulous to believe. Joe highlights two news stories out of Virginia and Arizona to express his utter scorn for claims that more surveillance will reduce bias or make communities safer. Read more on…
New Sweeping Data Privacy Legislation Introduced in Minnesota
Lisa Ellingson and Nadeem Schwen of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. write: Minnesota is now the latest state to take strides towards enacting an omnibus consumer data privacy law. On February 22, 2021, the “Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act” was introduced as HF 1492 by Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL) and Rep. Mohamud Noor (DFL) in the Minnesota House…
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey sued by shareholder; allegedly disregarded user privacy to benefit Square
Alexis Keenan reports: Twitter (TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey was sued on Monday by a shareholder claiming he breached his fiduciary duties to the social media company by giving advertisers broad access to users’ private data. The shareholder, suing on behalf of Twitter, alleges that the other company Dorsey heads, payments company Square (SQ), “benefitted wildly from this disregard…