David Lazarus writes: For months, Amazon has been signaling that it planned to open an Amazon-branded online pharmacy to compete with the likes of CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid. This week, it did. For many consumers, this represents greater convenience and the possibility of paying less for prescription drugs. It also means what little privacy you…
Category: U.S.
New Mexico AG Files Notice of Appeal in Suit Against Google Regarding Alleged Violations of COPPA
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 27, 2020, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in the lawsuit it brought against Google on February 20, 2020, regarding alleged violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) in connection with G-Suite for…
Vendor of School-Based Face Surveillance Systems Lied About Bias, Accuracy
From the good folks at EPIC.org: Documents obtained by Motherboard show that a key vendor of school-based facial recognition tools lied to school officials about the accuracy rate and racial bias of its surveillance product. The records reveal that SN Technologies’ AEGIS system misidentifies black students at alarmingly high rates and mistakes objects like broom handles for guns. Despite…
ACLU Wants the Goods on Secret Data Deal Used to Track Immigrants
Josh Russell reports: Demanding to see the paper trail, the ACLU complained in federal court Wednesday that the Trump administration is staying mum about its efforts to track immigrants’ movements using cellphone location data. “While it has been widely reported that defendant agencies are acquiring this highly sensitive data without warrants, little is known about how they…