U.S. Privacy And World Privacy News
Thomas Massie Says National E-Verify Would Be Bad for American Workers:
Black Nashville students wait for school bus at adult toy store:
https://www.wsmv.com/2023/05/19/nashville-students-wait-school-bus-adult-toy-store/
Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones:
"Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead to crime victims being re-victimized."
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/05/re-victimization-from-police-auctioned-cell-phones/
https://policeauctions.cs.umd.edu/police_auctions_oakland23.pdf
Military’s Expanded Role in 5G Could Lead to ‘Mass Data Collection of U.S. Citizens:
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/05/dod-cio-taking-over-as-5g-lead-expanding-pilot-programs/
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has purchased the irises of 1.7M people for Worldcoin:
"Worldcoin claims that the issue is actually that verified “World IDs,” rather than actual iris scans, are being sent to a third-party World app on the black market. World IDs are essentially certificates that indicate someone is a unique person."
https://gizmodo.com/worldcoin-black-market-iris-data-identity-orb-1850454037
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/
Inside the Pentagon’s New “Perception Management” Office to Counter Disinformation:
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/17/pentagon-perception-management-office/
Louisiana judge opens door to class-action allegations in social media censorship lawsuit:
https://louisianarecord.com/stories/642100788-judge-opens-door-to-class-action-allegations-in-social-media-censorship-lawsuit
Book Banners Take Over Idaho Library Board After Disgraceful Campaign:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/book-banners-take-over-idaho-community-library-network
School librarians face a new penalty in the banned-book wars: Prison
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/18/school-librarians-jailed-banned-books/
PEN America, Penguin Random House sue Florida school district over book bans:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/penguin-random-house-sues-florida-school-district-book-99390937
The Battle In The Escambia County School Library:
https://blog.simplejustice.us/2023/05/19/the-battle-in-the-escambia-county-school-library/
Profits Skyrocket for Evolv AI (Facial Recognition) Gun Detection Used in Schools:
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/19/ai-gun-detector-evolv-stock/
https://otc.duke.edu/news/evolv-raises-30-million-to-expedite-security-screenings-with-ai/
The Post Office Is Spying on the Mail. Senators Want to Stop It:
"The notion that only a mail carrier will view a piece of mail is based on a quainter understanding of the mail handling process; a Norman Rockwell view of what a modern postal delivery system entails. In the US, the exterior of every piece of mail is photographed. And the information obtained from these photos, such as religious and political affiliations, is more intimate than people may realize. This data has been described by one former FBI agent as easily abused and a treasure trove."
https://www.wired.com/story/usps-mail-surveillance-letter/
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/bipartisan_senate_postal_surveillance_letter.pdf
IRS: Use of Forfeitures in Qualified Retirement Plans
Human DNA Is All Over the Place, Raising Privacy Concerns:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xq4v/human-dna-is-all-over-the-place-raising-privacy-concerns
https://theconversation.com/you-shed-dna-everywhere-you-go-trace-samples-in-the-water-sand-and-air-are-enough-to-identify-who-you-are-raising-ethical-questions-about-privacy-205557
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/science/environmental-dna-ethics-privacy.html
The Increasingly Absurd Illogic of Workplace Drug Tests:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/opinion/workplace-drug-tests.html
Age Verification Laws Are Terrible:
"Age verification mandates serve three functions: surveillance, intimidation, and social control. It is point-blank unacceptable to commit people to verifying their ages or identities in the name of safeguarding the digital well-being of young people. This is because this would force web users of all backgrounds and ages to further risk their personal information with sites that have very little business retaining that information for only the simple purposes of complying with local and state laws."
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/16/age-verification-laws-are-terrible/
Boston Globe agrees to pay $4M to settle online-privacy suit:
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/boston-globe-agrees-pay-4-million-settle-online
Proposed FTC order would ban Meta from monetizing minors’ data:
https://pirg.org/updates/ftc-order-meta/
Is ChatGPT Violating Your Privacy?
https://surfshark.com/research/chart/chatgpt-privacy-issues
Musk loses free speech court battle; Tesla to keep pre-screening tweets
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musks-tesla-tweets-to-remain-on-sec-leash-court-rules
WhatsApp lets users lock and hide individual chats:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/15/whatsapp-now-lets-you-lock-and-hide-individual-chats/
iPhones will be able to speak in your voice or that of a loved one in just 15 minutes:
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/16/apple-personal-voice-creation-feature-ios-17/
Irony: Apple bans its employees from using ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms for work
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/18/apple-bans-employees-from-using-chatgpt/
Apple blocked 1.7M apps for privacy, security issues in 2022:
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/app-store-stopped-more-than-2-billion-in-fraudulent-transactions-in-2022/
How to Enable Advanced Data Protection on iOS, and Why You Should:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/how-enable-advanced-data-protection-ios-and-why-you-should
Twitter alleges "unauthorized" data usage by Microsoft:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-accuses-microsoft-improperly-using-its-data-nyt-2023-05-18/
Ovulation Tracking App Premom is Barred from Sharing Health Data for Advertising:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ovulation-tracking-app-premom-will-be-barred-sharing-health-data-advertising-under-proposed-ftc
Connecticut obtains $100,000 settlement in ovulation tracking app over data sharing:
https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/connecticut-obtains-10000-settlement-in-ovulation-tracking-app/520-8632f4ce-7e8f-4292-a4e1-0e342ee63975
Premom shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/ftc-premom-fertility-tracking-shared-data-google/
Google to pay near $40M over deceptive location tracking:
Google Sued Over Collection Of Planned Parenthood Data:
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/385379/google-sued-over-alleged-collection-of-abortion-da.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/09/google-privacy-abortion-data/
Meta faces record privacy fine for data transfers to the US:
https://www.politico.eu/article/meta-faces-record-privacy-fine-for-data-transfers-to-the-us/
PRIVACY NIGHTMARE: How to Invite Family Members to Spy on your Google Home
"Home members can access lights, cameras, and even personal results in Google Assistant, all by having access to a shared household."
https://9to5google.com/2023/05/15/invite-family-google-home/
https://home.google.com/welcome/
Microsoft lets Azure AD choose which secure login method you use:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/18/microsoft_azure_system_authentication/
Google wins privacy lawsuit brought by Chrome users:
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/385500/google-prevails-in-privacy-battle-with-chrome-user.html
US Supreme Court Declines to Make It Easier to Sue Social Media Companies:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/section-230-gonzalez-supreme-court-decision/
Disney Criticized For Installing “Disney Alexas” In Hotel Rooms:
Pluto TV's "Telly" Is Free To People Willing To Give Up Their Personal Data:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23721674/telly-free-tv-streaming-ilya-pozin-ads
You Can Now Join the 500,000 Person Waitlist for Telly’s Free Data-Harvesting TVs:
https://gizmodo.com/telly-free-4k-tv-ad-data-privacy-dual-screen-get-sign-u-1850437216
Pluto TV is owned by Paramount:
https://www.paramount.com/brand/pluto-tv
Telly, the ‘free’ smart TV with ads, has privacy policy red flags:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/telly-free-smart-tv-privacy-policy/
Dish Network class action claims data breach compromised customer, employee info:
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/privacy/data-breach/dish-network-class-action-alleges-data-breach-compromised-customer-employee-info/
Privacy4cars Launches World's First Vehicle Privacy Report Tool:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/privacy-tech-pioneer-privacy4cars-launches-worlds-first-vehicle-privacy-report-tool-301812470.html
https://vehicleprivacyreport.com/
The NHTSA wants to recall 67M airbag inflators:
"These airbag inflators were designed by ARC Automotive, Inc. and were manufactured for the US market during the 18-year period before January 2018. They were supplied to six airbag manufacturers, which then incorporated them into the airbag modules used in vehicles by at least 12 automakers."
https://www.engadget.com/us-transportation-authorities-want-to-recall-67-million-airbag-inflators-113131045.html
FTC sues VoIP provider XCast Labs over 'billions of illegal robocalls'
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/16/ftc_xcast_illegal_robocalls/
What to do about privacy policies? Chris Bradley has an answer:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4408244
Digital Privacy Legislation is Civil Rights Legislation:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/digital-privacy-legislation-civil-rights-legislation
Most Credit Cards Still Deny Access to Justice with Forced Arbitration Clauses:
A third of scientific papers may be fraudulent:
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/10/2023/scientific-papers-fraudulent
https://www.science.org/content/article/fake-scientific-papers-are-alarmingly-common
AI in Washington's crosshairs but consensus far from certain:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/washington-is-determined-govern-ai-how-2023-05-15/
Congress hates Big Tech — but it still seems optimistic about AI:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/16/23726119/congress-ai-hearing-sam-altman-openai
In Senate testimony, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agrees with calls for an AI regulatory agency:
Bill Would Create Digital and AI Oversight Agency:
EPIC Urges Supreme Court to Reject Attack on the CFPB:
https://epic.org/epic-joins-consumer-groups-in-urging-supreme-court-to-reject-attack-on-the-cfpb/
PharMerica data breach affects 6M people:
Uintah Basin Healthcare affects 104,000 people:
The Department of Health and Human Services fined MedEvolve $350K over HIPPA violations:
Discord data breach:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/discord-reveals-data-breach-worker-120334260.html
State & Local Privacy
VT- Two troopers to face charges for seriously injuring a 61-year-old man with a bean bag projectile:
VT- Appeals court dismisses Jay Peak ponzi scheme allegations because officials enjoy, qualified and sovereign immunity:
VT- Department of Corrections conducts its own investigation clears Springfield prison superintendent of misconduct:
VT- Governor outlaws paramilitary training camps:
MA- Women hit by Boston police van file for criminal charges:
"The officer who was driving had been arrested twice on charges of reckless and negligent driving, before being hired by Boston police."
https://www.boston.com/news/the-boston-globe/2023/05/16/accountability-needs-to-be-taken-women-hit-by-boston-police-van-file-for-criminal-charges/
MA- Rachael Rollins resignation won’t affect federal investigation into Worcester Police:
MA- Family Of Woman Killed By Commuter Rail Sues MBTA For Crash Records:
“Since the incident, the defendants have engaged in a pattern of activity designed to prevent the public generally—and the plaintiffs in particular—from obtaining information about the incident, its cause, and the defendants’ potential liability," attorney David Hoey said.
https://digboston.com/family-of-woman-killed-by-commuter-rail-sues-mbta-for-crash-records/
NJ- Governor Passes 'Seinfeld Bill' to Unmask Telemarketers:
https://news.yahoo.com/jersey-passes-seinfeld-bill-unmask-165500177.html
NY- Senate Committee Passes Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture:
NY- Bill Would End Qualified Immunity:
NY- NYC Schools Lift Ban on ChatGPT:
DC- Prosecutor says lack of testing from closed crime lab to blame for some dropped cases:
NC- Raleigh police want to use $2M in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to purchase ShotSpotter devices:
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article275347341.html
KY- How Lexington police officers use bodycams:
https://news.yahoo.com/police-bodycams-why-used-lexington-100000551.html
FL- 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act Signed as Law:
OH- Supreme Court orders OneOhio Recovery Foundation to produce board meeting documentss because they use public funds:
https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2023-15-5--13-07-23-625b4d7b-a30c-47ce-bebe-80daa7fbc9e0.pdf
WI- Supreme court overturned law allowing criminal defendants to obtain limited review of their victims’ privileged health records:
https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2023-16-5--12-10-51-19ap664-cr.pdf
MI- License plate readers hot topic again at Detroit's Board of Police Commissioners:
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/license-plate-readers-hot-topic-again-at-detroits-board-of-police-commissioners/
IA- Supreme Court overturns 2017 ruling that allowed constitutional claims against state:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/05/05/iowa-supreme-court-state-constitution-overturns-godfrey-ii-civil-rights-torts-claim-act/70187698007/
TX- FIRE to Uvalde School District: Lift ban on father who questioned school safety or we'll sue
TX- House advances bill aimed at keeping kids from seeing sexually explicit performances:
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/19/texas-house-drag-performers/
TX- Senate Committee Passes Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act:
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/05/texas-senate-committee-passes-second-amendment-financial-privacy-act/
TX- Legislature on the Verge of Eliminating Vehicle Safety Inspections, But Fees Would Remain:
TX- Austin Public Safety Commission greenlights license-plate reader program:
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2023/05/public-safety-commission-greenlights-license-plate-reader-program-amid-police-pushback/
MT- Governor Bans TikTok. But Can the State Enforce the Law?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-ban-montana-what-happens-next/
AZ- Scottsdale Motor Vehicle Division to use Kyndryl digital ID scanners to verify people's identity:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230518005309/en/
CA- Mayors demand $2B to tackle homelessness:
https://www.courthousenews.com/california-mayors-demand-2-billion-to-tackle-homelessness/
CA- Oakland Popeyes temporarily closed over allegations of child labor violations:
CA- LA Metro responds to rising crime with more drug arrests and ‘transit ambassadors’
https://www.sgvtribune.com/2023/04/27/metro-responds-to-rising-crime-with-more-drug-arrests-and-transit-ambassadors/
CA- Judge blocks the use of pre-arraignment cash bail in Los Angeles:
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-blocks-the-use-of-pre-arraignment-cash-bail-in-la/
https://theappeal.org/los-angeles-zero-bail-policy/
CA- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Humboldt County’s Unconstitutional Code Enforcement for Minor Code Violations:
https://ij.org/press-release/federal-judge-rules-in-favor-of-humboldt-county-dismisses-lawsuit-challenging-unconstitutional-code-enforcement/
CA- Turlock police purchase license plate readers:
https://www.modbee.com/news/local/turlock/article275120376.html
CA- Right to Repair gets major endorsements in Los Angeles:
https://pirg.org/updates/right-to-repair-gets-major-endorsements-in-los-angeles/
OR- Lawmakers Approve Increased Penalties for Workplace Violations:
https://nwlaborpress.org/2023/05/lawmakers-end-oregons-lowest-in-nation-osha-penalties/
World Privacy News
Military drones are swarming the skies of Ukraine and other conflict hot spots:
Global executions surged in 2022, reaching highest number recorded in five years:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/death-penalty-2022-executions-skyrocket/
SITA calls the African market of 1.7B biometric digital IDs "a global powerhouse"
"SITA’s 2022 Air Transport IT Insights showed that 75% of airline executives will invest in passenger biometric identity solutions by 2025. This means passengers will be identified by a simple facial scan, making the identification process fast and secure."
https://www.sita.aero/pressroom/blog/digital-borders-unlocking-africas-potential/
AU Minister Admits Age Verification For Websites May Lead To National Digital ID System:
Smart ID Engine to scan IDs and passports of drivers before it will start:
Top French court backs AI-powered surveillance cameras for Paris Olympics:
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-top-court-backs-olympics-ai-powered-surveillance-cameras/
France Tops EU Police List For DNA Collection:
https://eurotimes.eu/2023/05/12/france-tops-eu-police-list-for-dna-collection/
Detention of children: European Court of Human Rights rules against France 11 times
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2023/may/detention-of-children-european-court-of-human-rights-rules-against-france-11-times/
EU Presidency Seeks To Place Children And Families In Asylum Detention:
https://eurotimes.eu/2023/05/10/eu-presidency-seeks-to-place-children-and-families-in-asylum-detention/
UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Concerned About Police DNA Collection:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dpdi-bill-committee-evidence-from-the-bscc/the-biometrics-and-surveillance-camera-commissioners-submission-to-the-dpdi-bill-committee-accessible
The European Data Protection Board guidelines on police facial recognition:
https://edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2023-05/edpb_guidelines_202304_frtlawenforcement_v2_en.pdf
7 countries in the the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to adopt India's national digital ID program:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/shanghai-cooperation-organisation-members-support-india-s-digital-public-infrastructure-including-aadhaar-upi-and-cowin-says-it-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-101683986691657.html
WHO warns against bias, misinformation in using AI in healthcare:
TikTok faces EU scrutiny on kids’ privacy:
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-regulators-set-to-scrutinize-tiktok-case-on-kids-privacy-violations/
Google's AI Bard expands to 180 countries:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/google-bard-hits-over-180-countries-and-territories-none-are-in-the-eu/
Details Of The First-Ever EU Sanctions Against Corruption:
https://eurotimes.eu/2023/05/12/exclusive-details-of-the-first-ever-eu-sanctions-against-corruption/
EU Parliament Approves AI Act, Urges Rejection of Transatlantic Data Framework:
https://epic.org/eu-parliament-approves-ai-act-urges-rejection-of-transatlantic-data-framework/
EU General Court Clarifies When Pseudonymized Data is Considered Personal Data:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:62020TJ0557
Thales Group (Facial Recognition) wins $160M Contract to sell Bushmaster Protected Vehicles to Australian Army:
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/countries-asia-pacific/australia/press-release/new-bushmaster-contract-supports-jobs-bendigo
Thales Protected Vehicles:
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/defence-and-security/land-forces/mounted-combat/protected-vehicles
French government investigating Apple over planned obsolescence of their phones:
https://www.halteobsolescence.org/plainte-contre-apple-le-procureur-de-la-republique-ouvre-lenquete/
Russia- Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports to use Aeroexpress facial recognition to ID passengers:
https://transport.mos.ru/en/news/111652
Ukraine- Russian government hackers targeted military units:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/15/cybercriminals-who-targeted-ukraine-are-actually-russian-government-hackers-researchers-say/
France- Police Say It Was a Mistake To Block Telegram:
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2023/05/13/les-adresses-telegram-bloquees-en-france-par-erreur_6173242_4408996.html
France- Data Protection Authority's assessment of cookie action plan:
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/evolution-des-pratiques-du-web-en-matiere-de-cookies-la-cnil-evalue-limpact-de-son-plan-daction
France- Data Protection Authority eyes protection against data scraping in AI action plan:
https://www.cnil.fr/en/artificial-intelligence-action-plan-cnil
Greece- Who are the bad guys? Police brutality shapes election:
https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-election-2023-police-brutality-bad-guys/
UK- Inside the Government's Human Rights Busting Campaign to Spy on Refugees:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/project-invictus-inside-uk-campaign-spy-on-refugees/284549/
UK- Met police can still log ‘non-crime hate incidents’ even after reforms:
https://www.thefire.org/news/uk-police-can-still-log-non-crime-hate-incidents-even-after-reforms
UK- CPS ‘cherry-picking’ cases to prosecute, say senior police chiefs:
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/may/18/cps-cherry-picking-cases-to-prosecute-say-senior-police-chiefs
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-sir-mark-rowley-crown-prosecution-service-cps-cherry-picking-easy-cases-b1082022.html
UK- Police to use live facial recognition in Cardiff during Beyoncé concert:
UK- Ministers looking at police facial recognition body cams:
UK- Home Office pushes for more police facial-recognition deployments:
UK- BS Warning: Government accounting officers claim facial recognition ‘achieves cost savings and value for money’
UK- The Government's Secretive Web Surveillance Program Is Ramping Up:
https://www.wired.com/story/internet-connection-records-uk-surveillance/
https://reclaimthenet.org/the-uk-government-is-expanding-a-far-reaching-surveillance-system-that-logs-the-online-activity-of-millions
UK- Home Office’s Biometrics program delayed until March 2025;
UK- BS Warning: Met Police deny political pressure influenced coronation protest arrests
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/just-stop-oil-coronation-met-police-arrests-b2340465.html
UK- Warnings over NHS data privacy after ‘stalker’ doctor shares woman’s records:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/14/nhs-england-data-privacy-confidentiality-records-addenbrookes-hospital
UK- Court throws out lawsuit against Google over medical records:
UK- The NHS Website Promoted 7 Counseling Centers Linked to Anti-Abortion Groups:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjnqx/nhs-website-crisis-pregnancy-centres
SCT- Mother considers legal action after ‘terrified’ son, 11, tasered by police:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boy-11-tasered-ayr-police-scotland-burger-king-b1082069.html
IRL- Government's radical hate speech law: You are presumed guilty until you can prove yourself innocent
https://expose-news.com/2023/05/15/irelands-radical-hate-speech-laws-you-are-guilty-until/
IRL- Wexford politicians urged not to post ‘deadly dangerous’ pictures with students:
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/new-ross-news/wexford-politicians-urged-not-to-post-deadly-dangerous-pictures-with-students/a1009242910.html
China- Citizens Forbidden To Voice Opinions on Pakistan Protest:
Hong Kong- City leader: Library books should not have 'unhealthy ideas'
https://www.barrons.com/news/library-books-should-not-have-unhealthy-ideas-hong-kong-leader-2c9c1963
Taiwan- Government increases data breach fines:
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4302756
Vietnam- Phu Bai International Airport uses facial recognition to ID passengers:
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/biometric-identification-piloted-at-phu-bai-intl-airport/253088.vnp
South Korea- Samsung To Help Government Rollout Digital Currency:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/samsung-to-research-south-korea-s-cbdc-for-offline-payments
India- Noida International Airport to use Amadeus facial recognition to ID passengers:
Pakistan- Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Blames Pakistan Army Chief For Arrest & Deadly Protests:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/asia/imran-khan-arrest-intl/index.html
Iran- International community must take bold action to prevent the execution of three tortured protesters:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/iran-international-community-must-take-bold-action-to-prevent-the-execution-of-three-tortured-protesters/
Israel- Government Deploys Heavy Police Presence Ahead Of Anti-Palestinian Jerusalem March:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-palestinians-jerusalem-march-violence_n_64663eb2e4b0355739348507
Nigeria- Banks give customers 30 days to be ID'd by govt facial recognition or they will close accounts:
https://thenationonlineng.net/banks-get-30-day-deadline-to-close-accounts-without-bvn/
Tunisia- Government Detains Two Students Over Satirical Song Criticizing Police:
Papua New Guinea- Government to launch digital ID program:
https://www.ict.gov.pg/dict-introduces-digital-id-block-for-streamlined-digital-services-and-enhanced-data-security/
AU- Police officer Tasers 95-year-old woman with dementia, sparking outcry and inquiry:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/19/australia-old-woman-tasered-police/
AU- Victoria to pilot digital driving licenses:
https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/victoria-to-pilot-digital-driving-license-trials-in-ballarat/
AU- Meta upset over privacy act reforms says privacy overhaul ‘goes beyond any other any country’
https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/privacy-reforms-undermine-businesses-using-instagram-facebook-meta-20230517-p5d92k
AU- Real estate agents push back against privacy law changes designed to protect personal data:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/19/real-estate-agents-push-back-against-australian-privacy-law-changes-designed-to-protect-personal-data
Canada- BS Warning: The Canadian Medical Association Journal claims facial recognition opioid dispensers would reduces overdoses
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/195/19/E668
Canada- Privacy Commissioner appeals court decision related to Meta investigation:
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2023/an_230512-2/
Canada- Quebec Data Protection Authority consultation on the collection of consent data:
Argentina- Ezeiza International Airport to use Vision-Box facial recognition to ID passengers: