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…
Texas and Oregon Adopt New Rules for Data Broker Laws
Kirk J. Nahra, Ali A. Jessani, and Samuel Kane of WilmerHale write: Earlier this year, Texas and Oregon each passed a data broker registration law, joining California and Vermont to double the number of states that have enacted such legislation. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2105 into law on June 18, 2023 and the Office of…