U.S. Privacy And World Privacy News
Withdrawing your own cash? NatWest bank wants to know why – and see proof:
https://bombthrower.com/withdrawing-your-own-cash-natwest-bank-wants-to-know-why-and-see-proof/
Judge Overturns Restraining Order Against A Journalist Who Dared To Knock On A Politician’s Door:
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/05/10/judge-reporters-visit-to-rogers-home-legitimate-business/
No "Actual Malice" in Daily Beast's Describing a Judge as "QAnon-Linked"
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/05/24/no-actual-malice-in-daily-beasts-describing-a-pennsylvania-judge-as-qanon-linked/
Thales Group software could soon be installed in new cars:
Driver’s Licenses, Addresses, Photos: Inside How TikTok Shares User Data:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/inside-how-tiktok-shares-user-data-lark.html
U.S. Gulf Coast Jam Festival to use Intellicheck to verify customers ID's:
https://www.intellicheck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/intellicheck-dsi-press-release-5-24-2023.pdf
Amazon's Palm-Scanners Knows How Old You Are:
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-palm-scanning-amazon-one-coors-field-1850461018
Kaiser Permanente class action claims company lets Google, Twitter ‘wiretap’ sensitive health information:
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/privacy/kaiser-class-action-claims-company-lets-google-twitter-wiretap-sensitive-health-information/
Once given false criminal record, U.S. Army officer now gets promotion, back pay:
As the U.S. Army finishes its review of botched recruiting fraud investigations that branded troops with false criminal histories, the service has awarded a previously denied promotion to an officer who led the charge to correct the errors after they derailed his career.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/05/25/once-given-false-criminal-record-officer-now-gets-promotion-back-pay/
48 states sue phone company that allegedly catered to needs of robocallers:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/48-states-sue-phone-company-that-allegedly-catered-to-needs-of-robocallers/
Big Tech must be regulated to protect human rights, despite US Supreme Court decision:
Meta hit with record $1.3B fine over data transfers:
Facebook user profile data privacy $725M class action settlement:
Boston Globe agrees to pay $4M to settle online-privacy suit:
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/boston-globe-agrees-pay-4-million-settle-online
Equifax, Experian, TransUnion identity theft credit damage or inaccuracies recovery lawsuit investigation:
The states where school librarians face years in prison and tens of thousands in fines for providing 'harmful' books for children:
Education Dept warns book bans are violating kids' civil rights:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/22/book-bans-georgia-hostile-environment/
Majority of book ban requests were made by only 11 people:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
CENTEGIX Launches Safety Blueprint (Real-Time Alerts) For Schools:
https://www.centegix.com/centegix-launches-safety-blueprint/
‘No comment’ from Canterbury school board about hiring a convicted felon to run school security:
https://winknews.com/2023/05/19/no-comment-from-canterbury-school-board-on-wyatt-hendersons-arrest/
FTC: Edmodo Unlawfully Used Children’s Personal Information for Advertising and Outsourced Compliance to School Districts:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-says-ed-tech-provider-edmodo-unlawfully-used-childrens-personal-information-advertising
TikTok to let Oracle view source code and algorithm:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/23/tiktok_offers_oracle_view_of/
Proton launches family subscription plan for privacy app suite starting at $20 per month:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/proton-launches-family-subscription-plan-for-privacy-app-suite-starting-at-20-per-month/
An Ethical Trajectory Planning Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicles When a Crash Appears Imminent:
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2212/2212.08577.pdf
Senators reintroduce the Digital Platform Commission Act:
Harvard Pilgrim says customers' information compromised in cyber attack:
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-pilgrim-cyber-attack/
Apria Healthcare data breach affects 2M people:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apria-notice-data-breach-204500025.html?guccounter=1
Norton Healthcare data breach:
R&B Corporation of Virginia (Riverside Health System) data breach:
FTC Proposes Amendments to Health Data Breach Notification Rule:
State & Local Privacy News
VT- 2 troopers cited on misdemeanor charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment for firing bean bag projectile at man on roof:
https://vtdigger.org/2023/05/22/2-troopers-cited-on-misdemeanor-charges-of-simple-assault-reckless-endangerment-after-projectile-incident/
Judge finds no probable cause for assault charges against troopers in beanbag case:
https://vtdigger.org/2023/05/24/judge-finds-no-probable-cause-for-assault-charges-against-troopers-in-beanbag-case/
ME- Bill aims to ensure public and private schools comply with rights, safety, and health laws:
RI- Utility Commissioner Accuses Rhode Island Energy of “filing misleading documents and misrepresenting their relationship to smart meter company”
https://upriseri.com/ri-energy-under-fire-mislead-puc-during-smart-meter-hearings/
NY- Governor Passes Prohibition on Geofences Around Health Care Facilities:
NY- State Legislature Pushing Bill That Would Criminalize Recording Children Without Their Consent:
NY- The Computer & Communications Industry Association Requests Amendments to Privacy Bills:
https://ccianet.org/news/2023/05/ccia-comments-agree-with-new-york-privacy-bill-goals-but-requests-further-amendments-on-compliance-details/
PA- Lehigh University Police Chief Forms Anti-Discrimination Committee:
MD- City of Baltimore Speed & Red Light Camera Revenues 2022:
VA- Norfolk police install 172 Flock Safety license plate readers:
"They cost $490,000 and were purchased with American Rescue Plan Act funds."
https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-norfolk-flock-cameras-20230524-fgyzjyjutndpla44hdzpvsm454-story.html
VA- Cyber attack responsible for 3-week Newport News library computer outage:
https://www.dailypress.com/government/local/dp-nw-newport-news-library-outage-20230518-gxrij7kturgppcao6c6rya5hli-story.html
FL- Desantis sued for barring Chinese citizens from owning homes, land:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/florida-sued-barring-chinese-citizens-owning-homes-land-2023-05-22/
FL- NAACP and other civil rights groups warn against visiting the state:
MN- The Legislature Caps Length of Probation Sentences:
https://reason.com/2023/05/26/minnesota-caps-length-of-probation-sentences/
MN- Governor Passes Right to Repair:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkagxg/minnesota-passes-right-to-repair
IA- Courts hit with First Amendment action over delayed FOIA access:
https://www.courthousenews.com/iowa-courts-hit-with-first-amendment-action-over-delayed-access/
IN- Doctor Who Performed 10-Year-Old’s Abortion Visibly Upset as She Is Fined:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/caitlin-bernard-indiana-doctor-who-performed-10-year-olds-abortion-visibly-upset-as-she-is-fined
NE- Talks pave way for possible breakthroughs on stalled criminal justice reform:
MT- Governor Signs 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act:
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/05/signed-as-law-montana-2nd-amendment-financial-privacy-act/
AZ- Government Workers in Clark County, Las Vegas & Henderson Earned More Than $1B in 2022:
AZ- AG Investigating Multi-Million Dollar Medicaid Scheme Targeting Native Americans:
https://nativenewsonline.net/health/arizona-investigating-multi-million-dollar-medicaid-scheme-targeting-native-americans
CA- L.A. reinstates controversial zero bail policy as judge rules holding those who can’t pay unconstitutional:
CA- Committee Passes Bill to Restrict Police Geofence Location Tracking:
CA- Police Instructors Can’t Claim Copyright Protections to Block Release of Use-of-Force and Other Training Materials:
World Privacy News
Australia to become first OECD nation on UN human rights non-compliance list
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2023/05/20/exclusive-un-set-sanction-australia-over-human-rights-abuses
Armenia/Azerbaijan: NSO Group spyware targeted Armenian public figures amid conflict
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/armenia-azerbaijan-pegasus-spyware-targeted-armenian-public-figures-amid-conflict/
https://citizenlab.ca/2023/05/cr1-armenia-pegasus/
PEGA Committee does not go all the way on NSO Group spyware regulation:
https://edri.org/our-work/pega-committee-does-not-go-all-the-way-on-spyware-regulation/
EU rules allowing "exceptional" use of spyware against journalists need "fine-tuning"
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2023/may/eu-rules-allowing-exceptional-use-of-spyware-against-journalists-need-fine-tuning/
European Commission: "the content is the crime," so let's break encryption:
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2023/may/european-commission-the-content-is-the-crime-so-let-s-break-encryption/
Chinese government wants to install facial recognition surveillance cameras in Hong Kong schools:
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-surveillance-classrooms-05192023135240.html
Veriff Introduces Age Estimation:
https://www.veriff.com/blog/introducing-age-estimation-from-veriff
How a Swiss tech expert runs a global phone surveillance system
https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/ghost-in-the-network/
How a Secretive Swiss Dealer Is Enabling Israeli Spy Firms:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-05-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/global-surveillance-the-secretive-swiss-dealer-enabling-israeli-spy-firms/00000188-0005-dc7e-a3fe-22cdf2900000
https://www.tellerreport.com/tech/2023-05-18-according-to-spiegel-report--mobile-phone-association-takes-action-against-controversial-swiss-it-expert.S1xwDwVQBh.html
Record Meta fine masks Europe’s privacy struggle:
https://www.politico.eu/article/record-meta-fine-masks-shortcomings-of-europes-privacy-regime/
Unlocking Data Protection by Design and by Default: Lessons from the Enforcement of Article 25 GDPR:
https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FPF-Article-25-GDPR-A4-FINAL-Digital.pdf
EU Data Protection Fines Reach Record High In 2023:
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/eu-data-protection-fines-reach-record-high-2023
Europe’s privacy regime: 5 years in 5 charts
EDPB One-stop-shop case digest on right to object and right to erasure:
https://edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2023-02/one-stop-shop_case_digest_on_the_right_to_object_and_right_to_erasure_en.pdf
Russia How the government tracks (facial recognition), censors and controls its citizens:
https://apnews.com/article/russia-crackdown-surveillance-censorship-war-ukraine-internet-dab3663774feb666d6d0025bcd082fba
Netherlands- Consumers group plans privacy case against Google:
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/05/dutch-consumers-group-plans-privacy-case-against-google/
Norway- IDEX Biometrics and SELP to scale biometric ID card deployment globally:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/25/2675816/0/en/IDEX-Biometrics-and-SELP-to-scale-biometric-smart-card-deployment-globally.html
Germany- Deutsche Bank to pay $75M to settle lawsuit by Epstein accusers:
France- Data Protection Authority's 2022 annual report:
https://www.cnil.fr/en/2022-annual-report-cnil
France- Data Protection Authority closes injunction against Microsoft:
https://www.cnil.fr/en/closure-injunction-issued-against-microsoft-ireland-operations-limited
Italy- Video of police beating trans woman sparks condemnation:
https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/26/italian-governments-anti-lgbt-rhetoric-blamed-for-brutal-beating-of-trans-woman-in-milan
Italy- Data Protection Authority to review other AI systems after ChatGPT brief ban:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/italy-watchdog-review-other-ai-systems-after-chatgpt-brief-ban-2023-05-22/
Greece- Coast guard caught mistreating refugees:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/greece-migrants-abandoned.html
Spain- Document Shows Govt Is Fully On Board With The EU Commission’s Plan To Criminalize Encryption:
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/26/leaked-document-shows-spain-is-fully-on-board-with-the-eu-commissions-plan-to-criminalize-encryption/
Spain- Government Updates Laws on Data Privacy Enforcement:
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/changes-to-spanish-data-protection-laws
UK- The BBC wants to be the sole source of truth and it’s getting roasted for it:
https://expose-news.com/2023/05/26/bbc-wants-to-be-the-sole-source-of-truth/
UK- Met police facial recognition shows racial bias at low thresholds:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/25/facial_recognition_system_used_by/
UK- Understanding live facial recognition statistics:
"The vast majority of matches recorded by the Metropolitan Police from its deployments of live facial recognition over the years have been false. 85%, or six out of every seven matches, have been false. 15%, one in seven alerts, were a correct match."
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2023/05/understanding-live-facial-recognition-statistics/
UK- Biometric Britain: The Expansion of Facial Recognition Surveillance
"The boom in facial recognition technology in the UK, operating in a largely lawless space, is a mortal threat to privacy as we know it. Walking down the street anonymously could soon be a thing of the past if the spread of live facial recognition is not resisted, while the central government is working to create a mega-database of biometrics that could be instrumentalized against migrant communities, and to discriminate against ethnic minorities."
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biometric-Britain.pdf
UK- Met spycops: When the public is the enemy
https://declassifieduk.org/spycops-when-the-public-is-the-enemy/
UK- ICO rejects report finding it had failed to safeguard privacy during pandemic:
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/data-privacy-and-the-information-commissioners-office-during-a-crisis-lessons-learned-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2023/05/statement-in-response-to-the-open-rights-group-s-report/
UK- WEF Calls For AI And “Deepfake” Regulation, Has Already Partnered With The Govt:
https://reclaimthenet.org/wef-calls-for-ai-and-deepfake-regulation
UK- Prime minister defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/20/sunak-defends-voter-id-after-rees-mogg-says-law-backfired
UK- Meta offers to limit use of ad data to address competition concerns:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/uk-competition-regulator-says-meta-offers-limit-use-ad-data-2023-05-26/
UK- Information Commissioner highlights support for privacy law reforms and encourages greater cooperation with the EU:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2023/05/john-edwards-opening-remarks-at-the-eu-libe-committee/
IRL- Tough New Hate Crime Law Has People Fearful Their Luck's Running Out on Free Speech:
https://www.realclearwire.com/articles/2023/05/24/tough_new_hate_crime_law_has_irish_fearful_of_luck_running_out_on_free_speech_901209.html
China- Comedian uncle Roger banned on Weibo for making fun of the government:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-born-comedian-uncle-roger-nigel-ng-weibo-china-3506351
China- Irony: Government Bans U.S. Chip Giant Micron, Citing "Serious Cybersecurity Problems"
https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/china-bans-us-chip-giant-micron-citing.html
China- Food delivery by drone is just part of daily life in Shenzhen:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/23/1073500/drone-food-delivery-shenzhen-meituan/
China- Government's souped-up data privacy laws deter researchers:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01638-1
Taiwan- CyberLink FaceMe facial recognition partners with MediaTek’s Genio 700 IoT Platform:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230524005107/en/CyberLink-FaceMe%C2%AE-facial-recognition-integrates-with-MediaTek%E2%80%99s-Genio-700-IoT-Platform-to-deliver-a-6.5X-performance-boost
India- Internet Freedom Foundation letter to the election commissioner about using facial recognition to ID voters:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ksb8LQixtg67hBJSMmbg5MtxLxoarL0H/view
India- Proposal calling for accountability at Meta's Annual General Meeting on May 31:
https://internetfreedom.in/metas-shareholder-proposal/
Japan- Police make first-ever YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay videos:
Israel- Government agents conducted targeted killings in civilian area, killing a child:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-agents-conducted-targeted-killings-in-civilian-area-killing-a-child/ar-AA1bJemg?cvid=15e4b8cefe24487c848ef48db4d935ab&ei=31
Israel- Government doubled attacks on Iran to combat secret sea war:
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743868
Oman- Vision Labs and Thawani Technologies to put facepay in retail stores:
https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/vision-labs-partners-with-thawani-technologies-to-bring-facepay-to-oman-btz5vj73
Nigeria to combine bank cards with national ID:
https://www.thecable.ng/fg-approves-policy-to-enable-banks-issue-debit-cards-that-serve-as-national-ids
ID4Africa 2023 focuses on expanding digital IDs:
https://id4africaevents.com/2023
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change claims digital IDs in three African countries would be good for their economies:
https://www.institute.global/insights/tech-and-digitalisation/digital-id-can-help-to-better-serve-marginalised-groups-in-society
AU- A Review of the Attorney-General's Department Privacy Act:
https://fpf.org/blog/what-to-expect-from-the-review-of-australias-privacy-act/
Canada- Privacy regulators to launch probe into OpenAI over privacy concerns:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/canada-launch-probe-into-openai-over-privacy-concerns-2023-05-25/
Virgin Islands- JPMorgan Chase says Jeffrey Epstein paid tuition for kids of the governor:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/25/jpmorgan-jeffrey-epstein-paid-tuition-for-kids-of-virgin-islands-governor.html
Mexico- She killed a man while he was raping her, and a court sentenced her to 6 years in prison:
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-rape-sentence-gender-violence-1df36e440400e6cdb0cb8ddb4072bf51
Brazil- São Paulo Court of Justice overturns facial recognition ban:
Brazil- Data Protection Authority's interpretation of processing data of children:
https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/anpd-divulga-enunciado-sobre-o-tratamento-de-dados-pessoais-de-criancas-e-adolescentes