The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows no patience with companies falsely claiming participation in industry standards organizations, especially where children’s data is involved. A recent case proves this point. The FTC settled claims against Miniclip S.A., a major player in the mobile gaming industry that offers more […]
The Republic of Korea (South Korea or ROK) had been tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus in a manner sensitive to the privacy of its citizens, but the government has now admitted that personally identifiable data is crucial to its efforts and may be kept for the […]
For 25 years – since the introduction of Internet Explorer 2 – our browsers supported third-party cookie technology that formed the basis of internet advertising. The cookie party is ending. Tech lawyers and business executives need to learn about what will be following the cookie era, as online […]
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) may have just shown us the future – a new all-encompassing method of regulating the privacy of personal information. On June 18, 2020, Senator Brown, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the Data Accountability […]
Unlimited law enforcement application of facial recognition software to surveillance footage is an unreasonable search and a violation of Constitutional rights for people in a peaceful crowd. An officer should need to demonstrate probable cause that the investigated face on camera is a criminal in order to receive […]
As cities across the country begin to reopen, companies and public health officials look for ways to combat the spread of COVID-19. One such way is through contact tracing apps. Of course, such apps come with it the collection and transmission of large amounts of consumer health data. […]
Last week’s tech company announcements about facial recognition software startled me, but probably not for the reason you might imagine. Amazon, IBM and Microsoft all boosted their socially conscious credibility by moving to restrict local police and federal law enforcement use of their facial recognition technology for the […]
Pandemic, economic freefall, and unfamiliar regulatory constraints are buffeting U.S. businesses, and California is poised to add even more privacy obligations. In November of 2017, more than 629,000 California voters signed petitions to qualify a prototype of the California Consumer Privacy Act for the ballot. In response to […]
You are being watched. And in these trying times of COVID-19 and major political protests, surveillance matters. It seems everyone is making judgments about whether we protect ourselves or society when we leave the house, and how we register outrage or dissent in public. And now those judgments […]
Text Below reprinted from Privacy in the Age of Big Data, by Theresa Payton and Ted Claypoole, published by Rowman & Littlefield. Although it seems that every day less people care about their privacy, the ability to maintain parts of your life as private remains crucial to our […]
