Data ‘Surveillance’ Crackdown Begins With FTC Privacy Pitch August 12, 2022 By Andrea Vittorio The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public feedback on a proposed rulemaking to limit what it’s dubbed “commercial surveillance” by...
New Orleans Approves Some Police Use of Facial Recognition July 25, 2022 The New Orleans City Council has reversed itself and approved police use of facial recognition software and cellphone surveillance towers...
California Social Media Addiction Bill Drops Parent Lawsuits July 20, 2022 By Adam Beam A first-of-its-kind proposal in the California Legislature aimed at holding social media companies responsible for harming children who have become...
Tech Giants Brace for Legal Mess of Abortion Data Subpoenas July 8, 2022 By Dina Bass and Mark Bergen Technology giants including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google, facing questions about whether they’d hand over users’ personal data to...
D.C. Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Data Breach May 24, 2022 By Erik Larson The District of Columbia said it sued Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg for his alleged role in...
U.S. Cities Are Backing Off Banning Facial Recognition as Crime Rises May 12, 2022 By Paresh Dave Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias...
Face-Scanner Clearview Agrees to Limits in Court Settlement May 11, 2022 By Kathleen Foody Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle...
California State Bar Notifies 1,300 Identified in Data Breach May 10, 2022 The State Bar of California has begun notifying individuals whose names appeared in more than 322,000 confidential attorney discipline records...
U.S. Joins 55 Nations to Set New Global Rules for the Internet April 28, 2022 By Nandita Bose The United States and 55 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the internet that...
Big Tech Blackout Set to Be Averted With EU-U.S. Data Pact March 28, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni The European Union and U.S. broke the deadlock on a new data-transfer pact, potentially avoiding a doomsday scenario for tech...