Fog Data Science sells local police cheap access to a massive digital dragnet without well-defined rules. SAN FRANCISCO–Millions of Americans’ everyday movements can be traced by police with the click of a mouse and possibly without a warrant, thanks to a data broker that’s selling phone geolocation data to state and local law enforcement, an Electronic Frontier Foundation…
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NZ: Media Council finds RNZ story breached privacy
Radio New Zealand reports on its own breach of privacy: The Media Council has found RNZ breached its principles of privacy and confidentiality when a carelessly chosen pseudonym was used in a story. The ruling followed a complaint about a story, published in March. It reported a woman’s concern that her child, and other babies…
FTC Sues Kochava for Selling Data that Tracks People at Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive Locations
On August 16, this site noted that Kochava was suing the Federal Trade Commission in response to a proposed injunction. Today, the FTC announced it was suing Kochava: The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava Inc. for selling geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices that can be used…