Privacy News & Issues
Over on TechDirt, Tim Cushing writes: More than a decade ago, the NYPD was sued successfully over its stop-and-frisk program. A federal court found the program routinely violated rights and disproportionately targeted minorities. Judge Shira Sheindlin ordered a number of reforms to the program and it was placed under federal oversight. Since then, the NYPD hasn’t changed much about…
Clothilde Goujard reports: The Irish privacy watchdog opened an investigation Thursday into one of Google’s artificial intelligence systems, marking a new step in European regulators’ escalating fight with tech firms over the development of new technology. The Irish Data Protection Commission said Google may not have evaluated how and if its gathering of Europeans’ personal…
Pocharapon Neammanee reports: A Colorado mother is spending weekends in jail after she refused to comply with a court’s order for two of her sons to attend therapy sessions with their father, a former police officer who has been charged with sexually and physically abusing some of their six children. Democratic state lawmakers and advocates…
New Haven – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut has released a public service announcement alerting parents and caregivers about “sextortion,” a type of blackmail used by offenders to acquire sexual content online, and providing guidance to help protect children from being victimized by this crime. The public service announcement is available…