On April 9, Adam Schwartz of EFF wrote: Last week, a federal judge rejected the government’s motion to dismiss our Privacy Act lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE). OPM is disclosing to DOGE agents the highly sensitive personal information of tens of millions of federal employees, retirees, and…
Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Collection on School Kids
Isaiah Poritz reports: Google LLC is unlawfully using its products—ubiquitous in K-12 education—to secretly gather information about school age children, substituting the consent of the school for that of parents, a proposed class action filed in California federal court said Monday. The tech giant collects not only traditional education records “but thousands of data points that…
Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries
Department Answers Frequently Asked Questions, Provides Guidance, and Issues Limited Enforcement Policy for First 90 Days Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal…
Protecting your data from cops and robbers: A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists
From Ed Hasbrouck of Papers, Please! and The Practical Nomad A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists Threats Introduction to threat modeling Threats to travellers’ digital devices and data Data at risk Backups Data minimization and curation Apps to watch out for Leave fewer traces. Passwords Overview and summary Device encryption Passwords…