Skye Witley reports: Google’s decision to limit its access to users’ location data will reshape police investigations well before appellate courts get a chance to rule on the constitutionality of law enforcement’s use of geofencing surveillance technology. The Alphabet Inc. unit’s move to encrypt users’ Google Maps location history and store it on their devices, announced last week, will…
Rite Aid Banned from Using AI Facial Recognition After FTC Says Retailer Deployed Technology without Reasonable Safeguards
From the FTC: Rite Aid will be prohibited from using facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five years to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the retailer failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores. Rite Aid’s reckless use of facial…
California Privacy Protection Agency Votes to Advance Legislation Requiring Certain Browsers to Support Opt-Out Preference Signals
Libbie Canter and Andrew Longhi of Covington and Burling write: At its December 8 board meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) voted to advance a legislative proposal that would require vendors of web browsers to include a feature that would allow consumers to exercise data subject rights through opt-out preference signals. Regulations promulgated under…
Bedroom camera footage hacked, sold online
Pham Du reports” Untold hours of private camera footage from bedrooms, changing rooms, toilets and massage parlors in Vietnam have been hacked and put on sale online. Minh Hung read the description of a private Telegram group which invited him to join: “A group specialized in hacking into private cameras of families and shops in…