Privacy News Update, 4-29-17
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Featured:
4/6: Your Hair Now Reveals These Intimate Personal Details
3/17: This mortgage company aims to put user privacy first
3/17; Samsung S8 will use facial recognition for payments
3/16; Here are all the deals that Google’s AI lab DeepMind has made with the NHS
3/16: Once Again, Senator Wyden Wants To Know How Many Americans Are Being Surveilled By The NSA
3/14: IAPP members get new cookie compliance tool
3/14: The NSA’s foreign surveillance: 5 things to know
3/14: Google Assistant in Allo App Can Reveal Your Search History to Friends
3/13: Study: 90 percent of consumers have privacy concerns, but seek personalization
3/13: 7 Easy Ways to Stop Your Gadgets From Spying on You
3/13: Here’s what US Customs and Border Protection agents can and can’t do with your devices
3/13: ACLU: Facebook, Instagram publicly prohibit surveillance of users
3/13: You probably shouldn’t use public Wi-Fi — here’s what you should use instead
3/13: Berners-Lee cites privacy, fake news as biggest web concerns
3/10: EFF releases guide to help travelers protect privacy at the US border
3/9: Meet the sensors that could be watching while you work
3/8: With C.I.A. Hacking Revelations, How to Protect Your Devices
3/7: 8 tips to encrypt your entire life in less than an hour
3/7: Here are 7 password tips to help improve your online security
3/7: Consumers are wary of smart homes that know too much
3/7: Amazon hands over Echo ‘murder’ data
3/7: If You Have A Smart TV, Take A Closer Look At Your Privacy Settings
3/6: Consumer Reports to consider cyber security in product reviews
3/6: Trumpocracy: Tracking the Creeping Authoritarianism of the 45th President
3/6: Design Jam to focus on privacy solutions
3/3: EFF: Data Collected From Utility Smart Meters Should Be Protected By The Fourth Amendment
3/3: ‘Smart billboards’ may be coming to a highway near you
3/2: Medical Devices Are the Next Security Nightmare
2/27: How The Media Are Using Encryption Tools To Collect Anonymous Tips
2/23: How to scrub your private data from ‘people finder’ sites
2/14: Biometric tracking in the enterprise
1/20: Here’s How To Protect Your Privacy In Trump’s America
1/18: So You Want to Protest: A Beginner’s Guide
Local (PNW):
3/17: Ron Wyden Says Americans Deserve to Know How Many Citizens Are Being Watched by Big Brother
3/16: How smart cities are leading the charge for transportation and tech infrastructure
3/7: Washington CPO releases open-source privacy-law app
2/27: Council OKs Police Body Cams Despite Concerns
1/25: Sawant Blasts Secret Federal Surveillance Cameras on Seattle Utility Poles
Govt (Fed):
3/18: Privacy rights at border draw scrutiny under Trump immigration crackdown
3/17: Popped Pimp May Uncork Warrant Protection for Cellphone Location
3/16: U.S. judge rejects Google email scanning settlement
3/16: House bill would circumvent genetic privacy protections
3/16: Sen. Wyden, Rep. Lieu write to DHS over SS7 concerns
3/16: Markey, Welch propose legislation to regulate drone data collection
3/16: Spy Agency Requests Aren’t in Trump Budget Proposal
3/15: Advertising trade groups tell Congress to dump FCC privacy rules
3/14: FTC releases video on its alignment with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
3/10: Senator Asks DNI Nominee Coats for Answers on Section 702 Use
3/10: The House GOP is pushing a bill that would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results
3/9: U.S. Congress may overturn Obama internet privacy rules
3/9: Bloomberg wins privacy case under section 32 of the Data Protection Act
3/9: Florida senator demands answers from Spiral Toys after cloud hack
3/9: ACLU challenges Facebook search warrant
3/9: CIA leaks bolster case for privacy treaty: UN expert
3/8: FBI Director Comey: “There Is No Such Thing As Absolute Privacy In America”
3/8: Comey: Strong encryption “shatters” privacy-security bargain
3/8: Republicans Starting to Think the NSA Has Too Much Surveillance Power
3/6: PCLOB’s future may be in serious jeopardy
3/6: Trump Administration Wants A Clean Reauthorization For NSA Surveillance
3/3: The data tool helping enforce Trump’s new immigration policies
3/3: US Congress Says NSA Still Hasn’t Revealed How Many Americans It Spied On
3/2: House Judiciary Committee considers reauthorizing Section 702 — cautiously
3/1: U.S. FCC blocks stricter broadband privacy rules from taking effect
3/1: White House supports renewal of spy law without reforms: official
2/27: New FCC Chairman Plans To Block Privacy Regulations
2/22: Federal Bill Introduced To Add A Warrant Requirement To Stingray Deployment
2/16: US legislation revived to curb warrantless geolocation tracking
Govt (States & Cities):
3/17: Maine senators ask Trump to repeal REAL ID elements
3/15: Kentucky Supreme Court to weigh privacy concerns with license plate readers
3/10: Survey rates states with best online privacy protections
3/9: Mass. lawmakers push for restrictions on use of sensitive driver data
3/8: Court Tells Cops They Can’t Use GPS Data Gathered After Suspect They Were Tracking Sold The Vehicle
3/3: New Orleans’ Police Use Of Body Cameras Brings Benefits And New Burdens
3/1: Judge allows facial recognition suit against Google to proceed
2/28: The shifting definition of personal information
Policy & Opinion:
4/11: REASONABLE DATA SECURITY? I GOT YOUR REASONABLE DATA SECURITY RIGHT HERE
4/4: There’s Nowhere to Hide on the Internet
3/18: Transparency is for government, privacy is for people
3/16; Tech in the Trump Era: Regulating Privacy, Immigration, Ethics
3/16: 10 Reasons You Should Still Worry About NSA Surveillance
3/16: Reining In Warrantless Wiretapping of Americans (research report)
3/6: ‘On Tyranny’ Explores New Threats Facing American Political System
3/6: Privacy pros and the ethics of big data tech
3/3: What privacy pros can take away from Uber’s Greyball
2/21: True privacy online is not viable
2/15 Voice Privacy Experts: Careful, We’re Bugging Ourselves
Overseas:
4/11: Yahoo U.S. Email Surveillance Bothers EU Privacy Chiefs
4/10: U.K. Privacy Office Seeks Feedback on European Profiling Rules
3/17: ICO close to concluding investigation into DeepMind-NHS partnership (UK)
3/17: Agency monitors social media of citizens making large financial transactions
3/17: Albrecht: ePrivacy Regulation a step in right direction, but more work needed
3/17: House of Commons passes Genetic Non-Discrimination Act
3/16: New Zealand privacy commissioner proposes Privacy Act updates
3/16: Singapore PDPC newsletter talks enforcement issues, annual report
3/16: UK surveillance camera commissioner warns of big data, surveillance merging
3/16: Germany approves amendments placing greater emphasis on surveillance
3/15: Privacy commissioner investigating Canada Border Services Agency over electronic media searches
3/14: Mexico’s new public-sector privacy law
3/10: CIA surveillance dump could reveal Canadian snooping secrets
3/10: Germany surveillance: Security trumps privacy as video bill passed
3/10: APEC’s Cross-Border Privacy Rules set to ‘take off’(Asia-Pac)
3/10: EU reassured on U.S. privacy directive – source
3/9: Op-ed: Privacy needs to be priority with Aadhaar system(India)
3/9: PCPD releases compliance guide for privacy ordinance as an e-book(Hong Kong)
3/7: Google reported by Danish watchdog for unlimited data storage
3/3: The drones tracking wealthy officials (Ukraine)
3/3: Canadian airports to begin using facial recognition technology
3/3: When is data ‘about’ an individual?(Oz)
3/2: Government denies additional census privacy suggestions (Oz)
2/27: China Orders Every Vehicle In Region Troubled By Ethnic Unrest To Be Fitted With Satnav Tracker
2/10: UK Police Spy On Journalists At Small Town Paper, Gather One Million Minutes Worth Of Call Data
Tech:
4/3: Future Teens Will Probably Have Better Fake IDs Than We Did
3/16: Why GM invites ethical hackers to try and hack its cars
3/16: Samsung just accidentally confirmed a huge Galaxy S8 feature
3/16: Swatch to launch Swiss smartwatch operating system by 2018
3/15: Can a sex toy spy on you?
3/15: Intel bets on selling Mobileye data, with maps a first test
3/14: Facebook bars developers from using data for surveillance
3/13: Zix wins 5-vendor email encryption shootout
3/10: Newer car tech opens doors to CIA attacks
3/10: Cadillac’s new sedan will be the first V2V car on the market
3/9: IBM technology moves even closer to human speech recognition parity
3/9: Your Hot Hands Can Give Away Your Smartphone PIN
3/8: Biometric monitors bring fresh privacy concerns to pro sports
3/7: Nest Adds Two-Step Verification for Users
3/3: This app uses machine learning to help users find the best privacy settings
3/1: Carnegie Mellon seeks orgs to sponsor privacy engineering projects
2/28: There’s one big problem with voice assistants — Amazon and Google are racing to fix it
2/28: AT&T and GE are planning to deploy smart streetlights
2/9: Google Has Sent Android App Developers A Privacy Ultimatum
Books/Media/Misc:
3/16: On the Wire Podcast: Chris Camacho
3/15: Opposing Views on What to Do About the Data We Create
3/14: Turow discusses new book on surveillance and shopping
3/9: Web con: ‘Introduction to US Privacy Law’ (webinar)
3/8: ‘The Privacy Paradox’ challenges listeners to take control (podcast)
3/7: Digital Natives or Digital Exiles? (BBC Panel Discussion)
3/3: Howard Schmidt: Defender of security and privacy
3/3: Harvard researchers release ‘Open Data Privacy Playbook’
3/1: On the Wire Podcast: Gary McGraw
2/27: Privacy Paradox: How To Gain More Control Over Your Data (podcast)
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