U.S. Privacy And World Privacy News

Incoming Senate bill would set age limit for kids on social media:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/25/incoming-senate-bill-would-set-age-limit-kids-social-media/

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/senators-look-ban-kids-under-13-from-social-media-bipartisan-bill
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1630/text

Senator Schatz Joins The Moral Panic With Unconstitutional Age Verification Bill:

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/27/senator-brian-schatz-joins-the-moral-panic-with-unconstitutional-age-verification-bill/

Now They're Trying Censor Your Text Messages

Teen shelves half empty at Hamilton East as library conducts $300K board-pushed book review:
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/education/2023/04/28/book-banning-policy-leads-to-bare-teen-shelves-at-hamilton-east-library/70154413007/

Steven Spielberg Blasts ‘Censorship’ of Old Books and Movies:

https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/steven-spielberg-blasts-revising-old-films-for-modern-audiences/

There Were 1,269 Efforts to Ban Books in 2022:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/there-were-1-269-efforts-to-ban-books-in-2022-these-were-the-most-targeted-e19f3f33

Attacks On The Nation’s Libraries Are About Class As Much As Censorship:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/library-book-ban-missouri-cody-smith_n_644ace0fe4b0d840388d946c

RFK JR: “there is no time in history where the people censoring speech were the good guys”
https://reclaimthenet.org/rfk-jr-on-censorship

Beware of reverse ATMs that take your cash, demand your identity, then dispense a debit card you can use to shop:
https://surveillance.news/2023-04-27-reverse-atm-take-cash-demand-identity-spying.html

Understanding People’s Concerns and Attitudes Toward Smart Cities
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3581558

Smart City Expansion Warning: Seoul Robotics opens office in  Operations in Peachtree Corners
https://www.globalatlanta.com/seoul-robotics-sets-up-office-at-curiositylab/

OpenAI Offers New Privacy Options for ChatGPT:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-25/openai-offers-new-privacy-options-for-chatgpt

The next level of AI is approaching. Our democracy isn’t ready:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/26/artificial-intelligence-democracy-danielle-allen/

DISGUSTED: Elon Musk discusses AI regulation with Schumer:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/26/elon-musk-capitol-hill-ai/

Senator Warner Calls on AI Companies to Prevent Malicious Misuse:
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases

BigID launches BigAI, a ‘privacy-by-design’
https://venturebeat.com/security/bigid-launches-bigai-a-privacy-by-design-llm-designed-to-discover-data/

DHS Creates Its First-Ever AI Task Force:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/04/21/secretary-mayorkas-announces-new-measures-tackle-ai-prc-challenges-first-state

Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant. Customer data not compromised:

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/4/20/mullvad-vpn-was-subject-to-a-search-warrant-customer-data-not-compromised/

Apple Developing AI Health Coaching Service, Mood Tracker, iPad Health App:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-25/apple-aapl-developing-ai-health-coaching-service-ipados-17-health-app

Hackers are using this new Gmail scam to steal your personal data:
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/hackers-are-using-this-new-gmail-scam-to-steal-your-personal-data-how-to-stay-safe

Kochava says Smartphone Users Lack Grounds To Sue Over Location Data Sales:
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/384636/smartphone-users-lack-grounds-to-sue-over-alleged.html

Starbucks's class action over cookie consent practices:
https://www.classaction.org/starbucks-privacy-lawsuit

Tinder’s verification process will now use AI and video selfies:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/tinders-verification-process-will-now-use-ai-and-video-selfies/

‘They may as well give each customer a personal employee to walk around with them’: Target store puts everything on locked shelves
https://www.dailydot.com/news/target-locked-shelves/

Thieves can steal a car in minutes by hacking it through its headlights with devices sold online:
https://www.businessinsider.com/devices-online-hacking-car-thieves-toyota-can-bus-minutes-theft-2023-4

Electric vehicles performed worse in EPA estimates than gas-powered cars:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43657072/evs-fall-short-epa-estimates-sae-article/

Point32Health, the parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan data breach:
https://www.point32health.org/systemupdate/

John Muir Health data breach:

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/04/05/daily9.html

Two Rivers Public Health Department data breach:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/two-rivers-public-health-department-notification-of-data-security-incident-301797240.html

NewBridge Services data breach:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newbridge-services-notice-of-data-security-incident-301799253.html

Local & State Privacy News

VT- State’s attorney: Stowe police officer lied about traffic stop

https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/23/states-attorney-former-stowe-police-officer-untruthful/

VT- Essex Westford school district removes "male" and "female" from sex-ed curriculum:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/vermont-school-district-removes-male-132459918.html

NC- Raleigh Police Chief pushes for more license plate readers across the state:
https://abc11.com/raleigh-police-department-chief-estella-patterson-license-plate-readers-carjacking/13189091/

TX- Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture:

https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/04/texas-house-subcommittee-holds-hearing-on-bill-to-end-civil-asset-forfeiture-and-opt-state-out-of-federal-program/

Hackers steal emails, private messages from hookup websites:

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/hackers-steal-emails-private-messages-from-hookup-websites/

World Privacy News

Taiwan Now Has ‘Real Time’ Intelligence Sharing Link With Five Eyes:
https://news.antiwar.com/2023/04/26/taiwan-now-has-real-time-intelligence-sharing-link-with-five-eyes/

Ecex Group to use Innovative Technology facial technology in currency exchange kiosks across Europe:

https://www.innovative-technology.com/news-events/news/item/932-biometric-and-cash-solutions-from-itl-at-london-s-retail-technology-show

WHO plans to implement a Global Digital Health Certificate:
https://expose-news.com/2023/04/26/who-is-forging-ahead-with-plans-to-implement/

Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, 15 others subject to EU content rules:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-amazon-meta-microsoft-15-others-subject-eu-content-rules-2023-04-25/

EDPS Annual Report 2022: tackling the challenges of tomorrow

https://edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2023/edps-annual-report-2022-tackling-challenges-tomorrow_en

Ukraine- Man arrested for selling EU citizens' data to the Russians:

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ukrainian-arrested-selling-data/

Sweden- 8.4M people use BankID (digital ID):

https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/digitalt-id-kort-ska-finnas-till-sommaren/

UK- Biometrics commissioner says police they must prove that their use of public cloud infrastructure (facial recognition) is legal:

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535411/UK-biometrics-watchdog-questions-police-cloud-deployments

Scottish biometrics commissioner asks police to prove their biometric cloud system is legal:
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535756/Police-Scotland-receive-formal-notice-about-cloud-system

UK- University of Surrey: Criticizing China’s lockdowns are a “microaggression” and should be reported through online portal
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/26/university-surrey-microaggression-china-academics-covid/

UK- ICO claims their COVID app protected users' privacy:

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/blog-protecting-privacy-during-a-pandemic-our-work-on-the-uk-s-covid-apps/

UK- iProov and Authsignal to offer 'enhanced fraud protection to consumers:
https://www.iproov.com/press/iproov-authsignal-partner-online-fraud-prevention

UK- Met police accused of searching black man but not his white friend:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65375980

IRL- Processing facial recognition data 'an essential component' of how public services card is created:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41123770.html

IRL- The Irish Council for Civil Liberties filed a complaint with the European Commission over 56 month GDPR monitoring data deficit:
https://www.iccl.ie/news/new-iccl-complaint-against-european-commission-at-eu-ombudsman/

China- Li Yan-he, a book publisher based in Taiwan, went missing after landing in country:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172387946/li-yan-he-a-book-publisher-based-in-taiwan-went-missing-after-a-trip-to-china

China- Government's central bank digital currency takes a bigger place on WeChat’s platform:

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/26/wechat-digital-currency/

Thailand- Asylum Seekers Keep Dying in Government Detention Centers:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wd87/uyghur-asylum-seeker-dies-in-thai-detention

Africa- Smile Identity acquires Appruve to expand facial recognition digital IDs:

https://smileidentity.com/blog/exciting-news-we-are-acquiring-appruve-to-enhance-our-expertise-and-deepen-our-reach-across-africa/

Rwanda- Government to force newborns and stateless persons to get national digital IDs:

"Paula Ingabire, minister of ICT  said that the digital ID project is expected to be implemented in three years with funding of $40M from the World Bank - which is already processed and will be released as soon as the law is revised and passed."
https://www.ktpress.rw/2023/04/stateless-persons-newborns-to-get-rwandan-digital-id/

Canada- Court Allows Distance Learning Spyware Seller Proctorio To Continue Silencing One Of Its Many Critics:
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/25/canadian-court-allows-distance-learning-spyware-seller-to-continue-silencing-one-of-its-many-critics/

Brazil- Telegram app back on after judge lifts suspension:
https://www.news4jax.com/tech/2023/04/29/telegram-app-back-on-in-brazil-after-judge-lifts-suspension/