From EFF: The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) searches entire zip codes’ worth of people’s private data and discloses it to police without a warrant or any suspicion of wrongdoing, according to a privacy lawsuit filed Wednesday in Sacramento County Superior Court. SMUD’s bulk disclosure of customer utility data turns its entire customer base into potential leads…
Brazil’s ANPD Launches Public Consultation on the Processing of Minors’ Personal Data
Anna Oberschelp de Meneses, and Nicholas Shepherd of Covington and Burling write: On September 8, 2022, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (“ANPD”) launched a public consultation on the processing of minors’ personal data (encompassing children under 12-years-old and adolescents between the ages of 12- and 18-years-old). The consultation will conclude on October 7, 2022. According to the…
Research: A digital mask to safeguard patient privacy
Yahan Yang, Junfeng Lyu, Ruixin Wang, Quan Wen, Lanqin Zhao, Wenben Chen, Shaowei Bi, Jie Meng, Keli Mao, Yu Xiao, Yingying Liang, Danqi Zeng, Zijing Du, Yuxuan Wu, Tingxin Cui, Lixue Liu, Wai Cheng Iao, Xiaoyan Li, Carol Y. Cheung, Jianhua Zhou, Youjin Hu, Lai Wei, Iat Fan Lai, Xinping Yu, …Haotian Lin Nature Medicine,…
Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue NSO Group over Pegasus spyware
Daniel Boffey reports: The wife of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is preparing a lawsuit in the US against the spyware maker NSO Group, claiming she was targeted with the Israeli company’s Pegasus software. Hanan Elatr, 52, is also planning to sue the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their involvement in the alleged…