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Privacy News: July 18
UK government introduces Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Matt Warman, Minister for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure on questions-statements.parliament.uk Now that the United Kingdom has brexited from the European Union, what will happen to their data protection regime? If you were guessing “they’ll gut it”, you’re on the right track. The government’s new Data…
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A “fresh wrench”, two hearings, and a busy week: Federal Privacy Legislation Update, July 17
With Congress in session for just a few more weeks before their next recess, this will be a busy week on the privacy legislation front. It starts with two important hearings on Tuesday. At 7:00 am Pacific time (10 am Eastern), the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Digital Dragnets: Examining the Government’s Access to Your…
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Privacy News: July 16
California Democrats Demand Stronger Privacy Protection Bill Maria Curi on Bloomberg Government (about.bgov.com) The bipartisan, bicameral ADPPA federal consumer privacy bill’s markup session, originally scheduled for last Thursday, has been postponed until next week. California Democrats are callling on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to ensure a leading privacy bill doesn’t undermine their state…
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Privacy News: July 13
Surveillance critics blast SF police ‘power grab’ Eleni Balakrishnan on Mission Local (missionlocal.org) San Francisco was the first city to pass a law regulating government use of facial recognition. More recently, though, Mayor London Breed has been pushing to roll back protections; and she’s just appointed a new “tough on crime” DA. Now, the SFPD…
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Privacy News: July 11
As always, there’s a lot going on! There’s so much discussion of the impact of the Supreme Court Dobbs decision ending Roe that I’ve added a new Privacy after Roe section to the updates. Gun applicants in New York will have to list social media accounts Marina Villeneuve and Maysoon Kha on Associated Press (apnews.com)…
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Talking about the elephant: Federal Privacy Legislation Update, July 8
“The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade on June 24 has directed a spotlight on the question of digital surveillance, as Google searches, location information, period-tracking apps and other personal digital data could be collected and used as evidence of a crime if one seeks to terminate a pregnancy—or helps someone do so—in states…
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Privacy News: July 4
Lots of privacy news this holiday weekend! But first, in honor of the Fourth, here’s Baratunde Thurston reading Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” And now on to the links … Facial recognition use increasing at US federal agencies faster than oversight, GAO reports Alessandro Mascellino on Biometric Update (biometricupdate.com)…
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Privacy News: July 1
An extra-long list for the holiday weekend! HIPAA Privacy Rule and Disclosures of Information Relating to Reproductive Health Care on HHS.gov (hhs.gov) New Guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services tells health-care providers they do not have to disclose personal information related to abortion and other sexual and reproductive health care – and…
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Algorithmic Justice League audits the auditors (and why it matters from a privacy perspective)
“Algorithmic audits (or `AI audits’) are an increasingly popular mechanism for algorithmic accountability; however, they remain poorly defined. Without a clear understanding of audit practices, let alone widely used standards or regulatory guidance, claims that an AI product or system has been audited, whether by first-, second-, or third-party auditors, are difficult to verify and…
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Privacy News: June 27
Links from around the web … The End of Roe Means We Need a New Civil Right to Privacy Danielle Keats Citron on Slate (slate.com) Even the most private spaces and relationships are now ripe for surveillance, every detail about our bodies, health, and relationships amassed and sold. We need to treat intimate privacy as…
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Privacy in a post-Roe America (Privacy News, June 24)
Earlier today the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, removing the constitutional right to abortion. In the 1973 Roe ruling, the Supreme Court had said the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause “protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman’s qualified right to terminate her pregnancy.” The current Supreme Court disagrees. As Paris…
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Three lessons from “the other Washington” — Federal Privacy Legislation Update, 6/22
The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) Maya Morales, at the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March in Washington DC, June 18 2022 One thing I really want to highlight is that this kind of organizing requires a lot of work. Non-profits like EPIC Privacy and ACLU work on a lot of issues, and so…
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Health care privacy and more (Privacy News, June 21)
Recent privacy news from around the web … You agreed to what? Doctor check-in software harvests your health data. Geoffrey A. Fowler on the Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) Software that thousands of clinics and hospitals across the United States use to check people into appointment harvests the information people provide and uses it to target ads.…
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International perspectives – and Color of Surveillance (Privacy News, June 17)
Today’s roundup has an international focus, looking at perspectives on the EU’s GDPR regulations, as well as new proposed legislation in the Canada and the UK. First, though, I wanted to highlight next Wednesday’s The Color of Surveillance 2022 conference, hosted by Georgetown Law’s Center for Privacy and Technology, focusing on Policing of Abortion and…
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Privacy News – June 15
My plan for The Nexus of Privacy is to combine “news roundups” – links with short commentary – with more detailed posts like yesterday’s on federal privacy legislation. Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Are Collecting Highly Sensitive Info on Would-Be Patients Grace Oldham and Dhruv Mehrotra on Reveal (revealnews.org) Facebook is collecting ultra-sensitive personal data about…
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Federal privacy legislation: It’ll be an interesting summer! (UPDATED)
Last updated: June 18. Originally published: June 14. As Congress heads into the summer, there’s a sudden surge of activity on federal privacy legislation. The recently-released American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) has a hearing in the House on Tuesday, June 14. Meanwhile, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is circulating a draft of her…
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Welcome to The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus Of Privacy is a website and newsletter focused on different perspectives on privacy, including technology, policy, activism, and strategy. There will be a lot to talk about over the next few months: federal privacy and anti-trust legislation, the continued rise of privacy technology, California’s new proposed regulations (which may be pre-empted by federal…
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About The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus Of Privacy looks at the connections between technology, policy, strategy, and justice. It launched in the “hot privacy summer” of 2022 – just in time for discussions of federal privacy and anti-trust legislation, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, a potential FTC rulemaking, and so much more. There are already some excellent privacy…
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Microsoft Shareholder Resolutions – Facial Recognition, Pay Equity, Sexual Harassment, and more
Microsoft goes farthest in opposing the facial recognition resolution, which it bluntly says “does not advance the interests of Microsoft, its shareholders, or other stakeholders.” Why? Well for one thing they’ve made public “commitments”, and they’ve done a lot of positive things! Also: This proposal would impose a blunt prohibition that would deny public…
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The King County Ban on governmental use of facial recognition advances!
Great news! The King County Council Committee of the Whole voted 9-0 to advance ordinance 2021-0091, banning use of facial recognition by county government and administrative agencies – including by law enforcement. Update, June 2: the King County Council similarly passed it unanimously, 9-0! Thanks to all the activists and researchers who have laid…