Nicola Byrne reports: More than 800 CCTV cameras will be installed at the new National Children’s Hospital, the Irish Mail on Sunday has learned. The CCTV technology at the new Dublin hospital will be provided by Chinese firm, Hikvision, whose cameras were banned from the EU Parliament and the parliament buildings of the US, UK,…
Rutherford Institute Opposes Census Bureau’s Plans to Question Citizens About Mental Health, Psychosocial Disabilities in Mandatory Survey
From The Rutherford Institute: The Rutherford Institute is once again pushing back against the U.S. Census Bureau’s efforts to amass sensitive private information about individual citizens and their property through its mandatory American Community Survey (ACS). In addition to the already extensive and invasive list of personal questions included on the ACS, the Census Bureau…
The DNA of privacy: FTC guide to keeping sensitive data private
Scott Loughlin and Alyssa Golay of Hogan Lovells write: The FTC has again emphasized the importance of protecting genetic data and consumer privacy in the context of genetic testing and biometric surveillance technology with new guidance posted on January 5, 2024. Highlighting a set of enforcement actions (CRI Genetics, 1Health/Vitagene, and Genelink), and referencing additional orders involving sensitive data (Ring and Amazon/Alexa), the…
Estee Lauder Beats Lawsuit Over Website Virtual Try-On Feature
Christopher Brown reports: Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. and its technology contractor Perfect Corp. defeated a biometric-privacy lawsuit alleging it collected the face scans of website visitors without their consent through the site’s virtual try-on feature, a federal court ruled. Plaintiffs Celia Castelaz, Brittanie Nalley, Northa Johnson, and Lori Carter failed to show that Estee Lauder…