Joseph Cox reports: The body tasked with oversight of the IRS announced in a letter that it will investigate the agency’s use of location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Motherboard. The move comes after Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren demanded a formal…
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Noom Website Trackers Breach California Privacy Law, Plaintiffs Claim in Class Action Lawsuit
Brian White reports: Supplement maker Noom and a partnering software company face legal action for allegedly tracking customers without permission through its Noom website. Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit are claiming digital trackers, made by FullStory, Inc. and embedded into the Noom website, are violating California privacy law. Read more on Top Class Actions.
Homeland Security Considered Snooping on Portland Protesters’ Cellphones
Zolan Kanno-Youngs reports: Department of Homeland Security officers considered extracting data from cellphones seized from protesters in Portland, Ore., which would have been a remarkable violation of privacy and the right to peaceable assembly, House Democrats said Friday. Lawmakers on the Intelligence Committee called a hearing on Friday to examine the allegations of Brian Murphy, the…
Police need warrant to obtain WiFi location data, privacy activists argue
Jon Schuppe and Cyrus Farivar reported this last week: Civil liberties and privacy advocates have taken the side of a convicted robber in Pennsylvania who says police abused their power by collecting data from a college WiFi network to tie him to the armed holdup of campus pot dealers. In legal documents filed Monday, the American Civil…