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That data includes shopping searches and data from its Echo, Fire, and Ring devices.
Commentary: Misguided legislation pushing for backdoors to end-to-end encryption would be a disaster for data privacy.
Openings provided by iOS and Android security are there for those with the right tools.
Looser privacy standards for vehicle data are a treasure chest of data for law enforcement.
Phone calls. Web searches. Location tracks. Smart speaker requests. They’ve become crucial tools for law enforcement, while users often are unaware.
Tech corporations are expanding the scope of surveillance across the correctional pipeline, but who pays the price?
In late November, the Tampa Bay Times reported that a predictive policing system aimed at identifying students who may be “potential criminals” incorporates data from student education records. Student privacy experts across the country agree that it likely runs afoul of federal law, and clear boundaries should be in place to prevent other locales from adopting similar systems. This predictive […]
The Oakland City Council is set to prohibit local police from using the oft-criticized law enforcement technologies, the city’s chief privacy officer said.
A conversation about how to break cages.
by Tricia Wang
This Article explores the ethical issues raised by legal research companies selling surveillance services to ICE and other law enforcement. Part II reviews the U.S. government’s extensive history of…
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Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data on people who searched for a specific address.
Facebook has chosen to review user data requests manually, without screening the email address of people who request access to the portals, which are made for law enforcement agents only.
How does "unreasonable search" work when any agency can buy data from anywhere?
Congress investigating how data broker sells smartphone tracking info to law enforcement - The Verge
A report last year found Homeland Security used Venntel data at the US-Mexico border.
US courts disagree on whether suspects can be forced to unlock their phones.
The arrest of a man for a crime he didn’t commit shows the dangers of facial recognition technology.
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.