Mark Harris reports: The FBI’s biggest-ever investigation included the biggest-ever haul of phones from controversial geofence warrants, court records show. A filing in the case of one of the January 6 suspects, David Rhine, shows that Google initially identified 5,723 devices as being in or near the US Capitol during the riot. Only around 900…
Using sensitive data to prevent discrimination by artificial intelligence: Does the GDPR need a new exception?
There’s a new paper by Marvinvan Bekkum and Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius: Using sensitive data to prevent discrimination by artificial intelligence: Does the GDPR need a new exception? Abstract Organisations can use artificial intelligence to make decisions about people for a variety of reasons, for instance, to select the best candidates from many job applications. However,…
WI: Former student sues Middleton-Cross Plains district for defamation, privacy violation
Ed Treleven reports: A former Middleton High School student said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the district defamed him and violated his privacy rights in January by sending a mass text message to parents and other students naming him as someone believed to have brought a gun to the school. The lawsuit, filed in…
A Hospital Mailed a Patient’s Confidential Diagnosis to a Rando. You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next–ZD v. Community Health
Eric Goldman writes: The facts in this case are so bizarre and outrageous that I had to read them several times: On September 30, 2018, Z.D. underwent an examination and medical testing in the emergency department of a Community facility in Indianapolis. Afterward, Community was unable to contact Z.D. via telephone to notify her of…