U.S. Privacy And World Privacy News
U.S. Privacy And World Privacy News
Central Bank Digital Currency Is the Endgame – Part 1:
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/07/central-bank-digital-currency-is-the-endgame-part-1/
Virginia Judge Uses A Slavery Law To Rule Frozen Embryos Are Property:
https://apnews.com/article/embryos-slavery-chattel-custody-virginia-82e1f36ecbcf35ec4659e8e2c3443c4f
Woman uses Ancestry.com DNA test to identify mother’s rapist and sues institution for covering it up:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/she-used-dna-test-identify-004836287.html
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23699861/disabled-woman-sex-abuse-complaint.pdf
Netherlands police to use private U.S. DNA databanks (GEDMatch and FamilyTreeDNA) to try to solve two cold cases:
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/03/police-to-use-private-dna-banks-to-try-to-solve-two-cold-cases/
Palantir lands $99.6M deal with the State Department:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-lands-996-mln-deal-with-us-state-department-2023-03-08/
New York Times Spokesperson Used To Work For The NSA:
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/07/new-york-times-nsa-charlie-stadtlander/
The History of the Internet: Surveillance and censorship were the aims from the outset (ARPA/DARPA):
https://expose-news.com/2023/03/10/internet-surveillance-and-censorship-from-outset/
Biden White House accused of silencing opposing views online with 'censorship enterprise'
https://stlrecord.com/stories/640058262-biden-white-house-accused-of-silencing-opposing-views-online-with-censorship-enterprise
House Republicans Just Passed a Tech Censorship Bill That's Pure Nonsense:
https://gizmodo.com/tech-censorship-house-republicans-bill-passed-1850212862
Washington AG wants to criminalize dissent against vaccines or elections:
"Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office could arrest or civilly commit conservatives for uttering mainstream positions under a terrifying and illegal plan to redefine domestic terrorism that punishes speech."
https://mynorthwest.com/3843618/rantz-ag-ferguson-conservative-views-terrifying-extremism-commission/
State Legislatures Threaten Right to Anonymous Speech:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/state-legislatures-threaten-right-anonymous-speech
Age Verification Mandates Would Undermine Anonymity Online:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/age-verification-mandates-would-undermine-anonymity-online
Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers:
DISGUSTED: Feds Rule Candidate ‘Slush Funds’ Are Legal
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pathetic-feds-rule-candidate-leadership-pac-slush-funds-are-legal
Took a bribe? Robbed a store? The IRS wants you to put it on your taxes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/taxes/2023/03/09/taxes-2023-commit-crime-report-on-taxes-irs-says/11429088002/
AT&T alerts 9M customers of data breach:
https://forums.att.com/conversations/att-mail-features/is-this-cpni-email-a-phishing-scam/64066deaac6ccc24bdf19e05
Twitter’s privacy-preserving Tor service goes dark:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/08/twitter-tor-service-goes-dark/
Twitter again wants dismissal of class action over sale of contact information:
https://legalnewsline.com/stories/639993319-twitter-again-wants-dismissal-of-class-action-over-sale-of-contact-information
FTC Intensifies Investigation of Twitter’s Privacy Practices:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/technology/ftc-twitter-investigation-privacy.html
TikTok ban now closer than ever; here are the latest developments:
https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/08/tiktok-ban-the-latest-news/
AI experts warn against abdicating regulation to Big Tech:
https://www.courthousenews.com/ai-experts-warn-against-abdicating-regulation-to-big-tech/
Amazon is closing eight Amazon Go convenience stores in high crime cities:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/06/business/amazon-closing-some-amazon-go-stores/index.html
The FDIC Has Taken Control of all Deposits of Silicon Valley Bank:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-is-shut-down-by-regulators-fdic-to-protect-insured-deposits.html
Silicon Valley Bank paid out bonuses hours before seizure:
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/silicon-valley-bank-paid-bonuses-fdic
Wells Fargo Customers Report “Incorrect Balances Or Missing Transactions”
Banks Increasingly Back Political Scheme To Track Gun Purchases by Credit Card:
https://reason.com/2023/03/06/banks-increasingly-back-political-scheme-to-track-gun-purchases-by-credit-card/
Lower-income consumers subsidize credit card rewards programs for the more affluent:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/opinion/credit-card-rewards-points-poor-interchange-fees.html
Is Your Teacher Spying on You?
What to Do When Your Boss Is Spying on You:
https://www.wired.com/story/what-to-do-boss-spying-surveillance-bossware/
The Myth of Fourth Amendment Cellphone Privacy:
https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archive/myth-fourth-amendment-circularity
The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_right_to_be_let_alone_when_the_government_wants_to_know_all_your_business
The Best & Worst States in America for Online Privacy:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/best-and-worst-us-states-online-privacy/
Ford collecting data of 114K vehicles in real-time in the UK:
"Ford Motor Co's push to use reams of data generated by its vans and trucks - from engines to oil filters or brake pads - to attract more customers in the European and U.S. commercial vehicle market plays out on a 9-metre-long (30 ft) screen at its UK headquarters in Dunton east of London. During a recent visit by Reuters, that screen showed real-time data from 114,000 vans in Britain so far covered by Ford's FORDLiive monthly subscription service."
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-taps-masses-vehicle-data-stay-ahead-commercial-van-market-2023-03-06/
America’s messy, screwed-up product recall system, explained:
https://www.vox.com/money/2023/3/9/23620714/product-recalls-cpsc-peloton-fisher-price-danger-consumers
Product recalls up 33% in 2022, but too many people get hurt or die long after a recall:
https://pirg.org/media-center/new-report-product-recalls-up-33-in-2022-but-too-many-people-get-hurt-or-die-long-after-a-recall/
The Akuvox E11 door phone/intercom is riddled with security holes:
Chinese cyber spies target unpatched SonicWall devices (smart appliances):
https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/09/suspected_chinese_cyberspies_target_uppatched/
Malware infecting widely used security appliance survives firmware updates:
BS Warning- Former Facebook Execs Launch Startup to Mine Advertisements for Marketing Data of Consumers:
Appeals Court: Charter Boat Captains Don't Have To Share Their Location Data With the Gov't
DuckDuckGo’s building AI-generated answers into its search engine:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/8/23629095/duckduckgo-ai-answers-browser-app-extension-search
Appeals Court Wants FTC Input On Children's Privacy Battle With YouTube:
Privacy Platform Cassie Hires 4 U.S. Executives:
New Class Action Lawsuits Target Voice Authentication Security:
Blackbaud fined $3M for misleading statements about data breach affecting customers personal data:
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-48
Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre data breach:
Compass Behavioral Health data breach:
https://compassbh.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Compass-Substitute-Notice.pdf
Texas Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine data breach:
BetterHelp Class Action Investigation After $7.8M Fine for Sharing Health Data:
GoodRx, Health Data Brokerage, and the Limits of HIPAA:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/goodrx-health-data-brokerage-and-limits-hipaa
ChatGPT And Healthcare Privacy Risks:
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/chatgpt-and-healthcare-privacy-risks
Personal details of U.S. House members exposed in health data breach:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/08/dc-data-breach-health-congress/
Balancing Privacy and Innovation in Smart Cities and Communities:
https://www2.itif.org/2023-smart-cities-privacy.pdf
Data Privacy Trends and Topics 2023:
https://www.lexmundi.com/media/rckmqeqn/2023-lex-mundi-data-privacy-trends-and-topics-report.pdf
Former FBI cyber agent urges all consumers to demand data privacy action:
EFF Comments to NTIA on Privacy and Civil Rights:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/eff-comments-ntia-privacy-and-civil-rights
https://epic.org/epic-encourages-ntia-to-maintain-focus-on-commercial-data-harms/
UPHOLD Privacy Act introduced to US Senate:
State & Local Privacy News
VT- Burlington votes down police control board:
ME- Advisers to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights urge lawmakers to pay for indigent defense:
ME- Lawmakers consider making jail phone calls to lawyers free:
ME- DMV confiscates a vegan family's "obscene" vanity license plate (LUVTOFU)
https://apnews.com/article/maine-vanity-license-plates-profanities-1149eb44063bb3608574b2f017e6cc99
NH- Bradford fire captain sentenced to eight years in prison for raping women:
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Russell-Steiz-sentenced-to-prison-over-rape-charges-50201685
NH- ‘I am Caesar’ – Concord parent dressed in Roman soldier costume complains about art teacher’s attire:
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Parents-advocate-for-LGBT-inclusivity-at-school-board-meeting-50182658
MA- Newton Officers Assaulted, Roommates Dispute Police Narrative
https://www.davisvanguard.org/2023/03/police-account-of-alleged-attack-on-newton-police-officer-disputed-by-eyewitness/
MA- Suffolk County Sheriff fined for violating personal conflict of interest law for 2nd time:
MA- Supreme court rules residents don't have to be civil to authorities at public meetings:
"The Massachusetts Constitution lets citizens verbally confront public officials, even to the point of calling them Hitlers, and officials can't just kill the microphones to shut up angry people up at public meetings, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled today, throwing out a Southborough town bylaw that required "civility" at Town Hall meetings."
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/sam-adams-was-hardly-civil-authorities-and
https://reason.com/2023/03/10/let-massholes-be-massholes-says-bay-states-high-court/
MA- NEFAC Defends ‘Clearly Established’ Right to Record School Meetings (School Officials and Qualified Immunity):
The groups submitted the brief in Berge v. School Committee of Gloucester, et. al., a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The plaintiff in the case openly recorded a video in a public school building without violating any law and then published the video online. School officials demanded the plaintiff remove the video by falsely claiming he violated a state wiretapping statute. When the plaintiff filed a lawsuit claiming a violation of his First Amendment rights, a lower court dismissed portions of his complaint while asserting that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity. Government officials can be protected by qualified immunity when the rights they violate are not “clearly established.”
https://www.nefac.org/news/nefac-defends-clearly-established-right-to-publish-information-on-matters-of-public-concern/
MA- Police are removed from Somerville schools:
https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/03/08/police-are-removed-permanently-from-schools-through-vote-of-somerville-education-officials/
MA- Audit of the state Legislature criticized by members:
CT- Government AI use is extensive, raising equity and privacy concerns:
NY- Democrat’s bill would allow them to directly elect NYPD commissioner:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/08/queens-dem-leroy-comrie-gets-roasted-for-bill-to-make-nypd-commish-elected/
NY- Court Cites EPIC Amicus Brief, Ruling for Plaintiffs in Voter Privacy Case:
https://epic.org/court-cites-epic-amicus-brief-ruling-for-plaintiffs-in-voter-privacy-case/
NJ- Lawsuit Challenges State's Lifetime Child Abuse Registry:
https://reason.com/2023/03/07/new-lawsuit-challenges-new-jerseys-lifetime-child-abuse-registry/
DC- Facing Senate disapproval, politicians tries to reel in crime-reform bill:
https://www.courthousenews.com/facing-senate-disapproval-dc-tries-to-reel-in-crime-reform-bill/
DC- Congress’s attempt to overturn a crime law makes the case for statehood:
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/05/washington-dc-crime-bill-biden-congress
https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/7/23629158/congress-crime-law-dc-statehood-city-council
MD- Why Won't Restaurants Sell Me a Goddamn Beer? (Vertical Drivers Licenses):
https://reason.com/2023/03/04/why-wont-maryland-sell-me-a-goddamn-beer/
W. VA- Senate Committee Advances Electronically Distracted Driving Act:
SC- A Woman Has Been Arrested for Taking Abortion Pills:
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article272639146.html
AL- Court rules cop who arrested the husband of a woman killed in hit-and-run accident caused by the cousin of a police chief can be sued:
https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2023-06-3--14-36-47-220cv1006.pdf
GA- House Passes Hate Crime Bill That Only Applies to Jews:
https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-house-approves-antisemitism-protections-under-hate-crimes-law/YUG5P245ZZHK5JU3U4VBNZHNAI/
https://forward.com/fast-forward/538916/jewish-georgia-legislator-esther-antisemitism-law-purim/
KY- Senate Passes Bill That Would Place Some Limits on License Plate Readers:
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/03/kentucky-senate-passes-bill-that-would-place-some-limits-on-the-use-of-alpr-data/
TN- Metro police claim 39 Flock Safety license plate readers have caught one stolen vehicle and one arrest:
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/metro-police-license-plate-readers-catching-crime-within-first-days-of-use/
IN- Commissioners set on building new jail despite public opposition:
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2023/03/commissioners-set-building-bloomington-new-jail-despite-public-opposition
FL- A property flipper bought a historic Black cemetery after the city of Tampa lost control of the property in a blind auction:
https://www.insider.com/memorial-park-historic-black-cemetery-tampa-florida-property-flipper-2023-3
MS- Republicans Want Their Own Cops and Judges in Majority-Black Jackson:
"Unable to seize power electorally in a city where more than 80 percent of residents are Black, Republicans in Mississippi are pushing legislation that would put the capital city of Jackson under the thumb of unelected judges and a notoriously aggressive state police force that answers to controversial state officials rather than local leaders."
https://truthout.org/articles/mississippi-republicans-want-their-own-cops-and-judges-in-majority-black-jackson/
Senate advances controversial bill to appoint judges in Jackson:
MI- State Police want to expand use of license plate readers:
MI- Police Called During Parent/Teacher Meeting About Cell Tower Antennas Installed on Elementary School Rooftop:
MN- Biometric privacy bill introduced to House of Representatives:
MN- Bill Would End Police Qualified Immunity:
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/03/minnesota-bill-would-establish-state-process-to-end-qualified-immunity/
MN- Bills Would Ban No-Knock Warrants:
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/03/minnesota-bills-would-ban-no-knock-warrants/
MN- Hackers Use Stolen Student Data Against Schools in Brazen New Threat
https://www.the74million.org/article/hackers-use-stolen-student-data-against-minneapolis-schools-in-brazen-new-threat/
IL- Parkland College Police installs five Flock Safety License Plate Readers on Campus:
https://www.wcia.com/news/parkland-college-police-department-joins-nearby-agencies-using-automated-license-plate-readers/
IL- Vernon Hills expands use of automated license plate readers:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-vernon-hills-license-plate-reader-expansion-st-0310-20230310-nxhcef4rvjdcdbpsfsvrfa4c54-story.html
IL- Surveillance or a useful tool? McHenry County police to install more Flock Safety license plate readers:
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/local/2023/03/09/surveillance-or-a-useful-tool-more-license-plate-readers-come-to-mchenry-county/
IA- Senate approves comprehensive privacy bill:
IA- University of Iowa reaches $4M settlement with Black athletes:
https://www.courthousenews.com/university-of-iowa-reaches-4-million-settlement-with-black-athletes/
KS- Police to install three license plate readers at Roeland Park:
https://shawneemissionpost.com/2023/03/08/license-plate-readers-roe-195660/
MO- Shrewsbury police to install eight Flock Safety license plate readers at entrances to the city:
https://www.timesnewspapers.com/webster-kirkwoodtimes/city-oks-automated-license-plate-readers/article_9f893084-b90b-11ed-95e7-bf17b20d22b7.html
ID- Bill Would End Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments:
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/03/idaho-bill-set-foundation-to-end-unconstitutional-national-guard-deployments/
TX- Bill Would End Police Qualified Immunity:
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/03/texas-bill-create-state-process-to-end-police-qualified-immunity/
UT- TSA accepts state digital drivers licenses at PreCheck lines:
https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/utah-mobile-drivers-licenses-now-accepted-at-tsa-precheck/
CA- Effectiveness of Carlsbad license plate readers as 'Smart Streetlights' slated for San Diego:
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/effectiveness-of-carlsbad-license-readers-as-smart-streetlights-slated-for-san-diego/509-aeb4a687-0915-4234-903d-13c0f5f6b1e7
Carlsbad license plate readers cost taxpayers $4.2M:
https://thecoastnews.com/carlsbad-expands-police-departments-license-plate-reader-program/
CA- Inmates & Advocacy Groups Challenge San Mateo County’s Policy of Digitizing and Destroying Jail Mail:
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/incarcerated-individuals-advocacy-groups-challenge-california-countys-policy
CA- Modesto police department data hacked exposing people's SSN's and drivers license numbers:
https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article272686213.html
WA- House passes bill to protect reproductive health data:
World Privacy News
Civil Society Open Letter Condemns AI CCTV Surveillance at Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games:
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner warns about people losing privacy after gov't expands police gang surveillance powers:
Facial recognition e-gates at airports have been deployed at 250 airports in 100 countries:
HID Global and iPassport work together to install digital ID (facial and fingerprint scanning) kiosks in airports:
https://newsroom.hidglobal.com/hid-and-ipassport-bring-new-identity-verification-solution-transportation-sector
Tatweer unveils new surveillance device for police vehicles at the World Police Summit:
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-tech-company-unveils-undercover-police-vehicle-at-dubai-world-police-summit
U.S. Embassy in Niger Threatens a Pesky American Journalist and Then Backs Down:
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/06/us-diplomat-niger-journalist/
EU sanctions nine individuals and three entities for ‘serious human rights violations’ against women:
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/03/07/violence-against-women-and-girls-eu-sanctions-nine-individuals-and-three-entities-under-its-global-human-rights-sanctions-regime/
Patient claims and medical secrecy within the EU:
https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/news/patient-claims-and-medical-secrecy-within-the-eu
Consumers Submitted Over 1M 'Right to Be Forgotten' Requests In 6 Years:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2023/03/06/pandemic-fuels-european-right-to-be-forgotten-requests/
Leading MEP enraged by Swedish presidency’s neglect of ePrivacy Regulation:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-privacy/news/leading-mep-enraged-by-swedish-presidencys-neglect-of-eprivacy-regulation/
EU lawmakers set to settle on OECD definition for Artificial Intelligence:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/artificial-intelligence/news/eu-lawmakers-set-to-settle-on-oecd-definition-for-artificial-intelligence/
EU Council insists on trade secret protection in semi-final text:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-privacy/news/data-act-eu-council-insists-on-trade-secret-protection-in-semi-final-text/
WhatsApp agrees to clean up its user messaging in the EU:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/06/whatsapp-tos-commitments-eu/
EU introduces zero-tolerance on alcohol for new drivers:
https://etsc.eu/eu-to-introduce-a-two-year-zero-tolerance-alcohol-limit-for-all-novice-drivers/
Russia- Student blogger sentenced to long imprisonment in brutal repression of anti-war dissent:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/russia-student-blogger-sentenced-to-long-imprisonment-in-brutal-repression-of-anti-war-dissent/
Georgia- How protesters beat a Russian-style legal threat to their freedoms:
https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-protest-russia-bill-freedoms-tbilisi-nato-eu/
Government abandons Putin-style bill that triggered huge protests:
https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-tbilisi-government-abandons-russia-putin-style-foreign-agent-bill/
Belarus- Government court sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years in prison:
Latvia- Government confiscated hundreds of cars from drunk drivers: The first are now on their way to Ukraine
https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/09/latvia-confiscated-hundreds-of-cars-from-drunk-drivers-the-first-are-now-on-their-way-to-u
Netherlands- Inside the Government's "Suspicion" Machine:
https://www.wired.com/story/welfare-state-algorithms/
Denmark- How The Government's Welfare State Became a Surveillance Nightmare:
https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-welfare-state-politics/
Switzerland- Acronis admits to data breach as 12GB trove appears online:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/10/acronis_data_breach/
Germany- Government follows US lead in misuse of airline reservation data:
https://papersplease.org/wp/2023/03/07/germany-follows-us-lead-in-misuse-of-airline-reservation-data/
Germany- Mercedes to install Visa's fingerprint scanners in new vehicles:
https://www.just-auto.com/news/mercedes-introduces-payment-authorisation-fingertip-sensors-in-some-models/
Belgium- Data Protection Authority clarifies public interest on a vehicle tracking systems:
https://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/belgium-belgian-data-protection-authority-clarifies-the-public-interest-legal-basis-in-the-context-of-decision-on-a-vehicle-tracking-system/
Belgium- Government bans TikTok on government phones:
https://www.politico.eu/article/belgian-government-bans-tiktok-on-government-phones/
France- Massive surveillance system for Olympics moves forward, despite civil rights campaign:
https://www.politico.eu/article/paris-olympics-surveillance-arsenal-moves-ahead-despite-civil-rights-campaign/
Italy- Edison Energia Fined €4.9M After a String of GDPR Data Breaches:
https://www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/edison-energia-hit-with-e4-9-million-fine-after-a-string-of-gdpr-breaches
UK- Biosurveillance, thermal cameras and your data rights:
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2023/03/biosurveillance-thermal-cameras-and-your-data-rights/
UK- Pagabo to use Construct.id digital IDs for construction workers:
UK- Lloyds Banking Group invests £10M in digital ID company Yoti:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lloyds-banking-group-invests-10-070000548.html
UK- Police reported 2,500 sexually abused children to immigration enforcement:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/05/uk-police-reported-sexually-exploited-children-to-immigration-enforcement
UK- Police would have been ‘called out’ for criminal acts involving Sheku Bayoh:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/sheku-bayoh-police-police-officers-kirkcaldy-police-scotland-b2295944.html
UK- Driver on phone gave middle finger to motorist before realizing it was undercover cop:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/driver-phone-gave-middle-finger-29411306
UK- Anti-strike bill ‘fails to meet human rights obligations’, MPs and peers say:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/06/anti-strike-bill-fails-to-meet-uks-human-rights-obligations-mps-and-peers-say
UK- London Gateway port installs Jenoptik speed cameras on private roads:
https://www.itsinternational.com/its2/its4/news/jenoptik-installs-police-enforced-average-speed-scheme-private-roads
UK- Government Introduces Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill:
https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2023/03/08/uk-introduces-data-protection-and-digital-information-no-2-bill/
UK- Thames Water forces smart water meters on households without their knowledge:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/thames-water-forces-smart-water-meters-households-without-knowledge/
IRL- Key Takeaways from the Data Protection Commission's 2022 Annual Report:
https://www.insideprivacy.com/data-privacy/key-takeaways-from-the-irish-dpcs-2022-annual-report/#more-14382
China- XPeng In-car App Requires Owners To Use Facial Recognition To Gain Entry:
https://pandaily.com/xpeng-in-car-app-requires-user-facial-recognition-using-outside-camera/
Hong Kong- Police arrest veteran labor activist:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/hong-kong-security-police-arrest-wife-of-17828685.php
Japan- SoftBank reduces its shareholding in China-Owned SenseTime:
https://en.pingwest.com/w/11464
Japan- Major corporations to develop the Japan Metaverse Economic Zone:
https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-02-27/Large-Japanese-firms-to-develop-the-Japan-Metaverse-Economic-Zone.html
Turkey- Police Use Tear Gas Against Thousands Joining ‘Illegal’ Women’s Day March:
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-womens-day-banned-march-tear-gas-495c5b6e3080a95a2a30c46d1af5be05
Pakistan- Blanket ban on protests in Lahore must be lifted immediately:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/pakistan-blanket-ban-on-protests-in-lahore-must-be-lifted-immediately/
UAE- Government announces world's first-ever facial recognition robotic check-in system at airports:
(Think Knightscope robots)
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-emirates-announces-worlds-first-ever-robotic-check-in-system-at-airports
Israel- Finance Minister Calls for "Erasing" Palestinian Town of Huwara:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/middleeast/west-bank-smotrich-ned-price-intl/index.html
Israel- Why the new far-right government has triggered massive protests:
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/23629744/why-israelis-protesting-netanyahu-far-right-government-judiciary-overhaul
Israel- Automotive Fund Company invests $1M in Kardome to put voice recognition in vehicles:
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MARKLINES-CO-LTD-18727061/news/Startup-Kardome-Receives-Japanese-Auto-Fund-Investment-43196162/
AU- Government to send connected vehicles predictive traffic messages:
"PSA provides predictive traffic signal data which tells drivers when lights will change before they reach an intersection – allowing them to prepare and slow down. PFA brings live freeway information, such as speed limit or lane closure data, to the driver via their dashboard – ensuring they can make informed decisions before they reach busy intersections, approach accidents or encounter roadworks."
https://www.telematicswire.net/intelematics-brings-predictive-traffic-signalling-technology-to-australia/
AU- High Court hears submissions on Cambridge Analytica data breaches:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-07/facebook-in-australian-high-court-over-data-breach/102061004
NZ- Immigration facial recognition checks update targets fraudulent applications:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/485470/immigration-biometric-checks-update-targets-fraudulent-applications
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/giving-the-middle-finger-is-a-god-given-right-says-quebec-judge-1.6304485
Canada- B.C. man says he accidentally unlocked and drove someone else’s Tesla using the app:
https://globalnews.ca/news/9541040/bc-tesla-driving-wrong-car-app/
Canada- Privacy bill to move forward in House of Commons:
https://nationalpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/nationalpost.com/news/politics/privacy-bill-moves-forward-tiktok-concerns/wcm/51037075-e77b-4fe0-8b18-824fae1d059b/amp/
Canada- Futuristic biometric surveillance tech. could help protect soldiers in combat:
https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/03/futuristic-technology-could-help-protect-soldiers-in-combat.html
How Israeli cyber surveillance weapons are taking over Latin America:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/israeli-cyber-weapons-taking-latin-america/283926/