Joseph Cox reports: The U.S. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. The most popular app among a group Motherboard analyzed connected to this sort of data sale is a Muslim prayer and Quran app that has more than 98 million downloads worldwide….
Category: U.S.
Personally identifiable information concerning a deceased former student cannot be released without the student’s consent
Warren Grody of Bricker & Eckler writes: In a rare case where the Ohio Supreme Court’s analysis primarily focused on the Ohio Student Privacy Act, R.C. 3319.321 (OSPA), the Court determined the Act’s provisions apply to the records of a former student, even when the student is deceased. In doing so, the Court demonstrated that, under…
Police Are Tapping Into Ring Cameras to Expand Surveillance Network In Mississippi
Edward Ongweso Jr. reports: On Tuesday, Jackson, Mississippi’s city council signed off on a 45-day pilot program that would let police access Ring surveillance cameras in real time. In partnership with technology companies PILEUM and Fūsus, the pilot program will run through the police department’s surveillance hub, the Real Time Crime Center, from which Jackson’s…
Portland, Maine Votes to Add Teeth to Ban on Facial Recognition
From EPIC.org: Voters in Portland, Maine passed a ballot initiative that strengthens the city’s ban on the use of facial recognition by law enforcement and city agencies. The City Council previously passed an order banning face surveillance, but the initiative strengthens the ban with a private right of action and penalties for violations of the law. A growing list…