It’s been ten days since our last privacy news update, so we’ve got even more links than normal. <\/p>\n
Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)<\/p>\n
This year’s EFF awards for helping to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people:<\/p>\n
TAKE ACTION: <\/strong>Sign the petition to Free Alaa!<\/a> \u00a0As Alaa’s sister Mona Seif writes, “if enough people demand it, the UK can bring Alaa home.<\/strong> He is an Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, an Honorary Member of English PEN and dozens of UK MPs have called for his release. We just need the UK government to be firm in their negotiations.”<\/li>\n TAKE ACTION: <\/strong>If you’re a software developer, website builder, UI designer, digital security trainer, IT technician, or a technologist of any kind, volunteer with Digital Defense Fund<\/a>!<\/li>\n Congratulations to all of the above! \u00a0We talked about Digital Defense Fund’s excellent \u00a0Guide to Abortion Privacy<\/a> a couple months ago in Privacy in a post-Roe America<\/a>, and that’s only one small piece of the digital security work they do for the abortion rights movement.<\/p>\n Drew Harwell on The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com)<\/p>\n U.S. government officials are adding data from as many as 10,000 electronic devices each year to a massive database they\u2019ve compiled from travelers\u2019 devices.<\/p>\n The rapid expansion of the database and the ability of 2,700 CBP officers to access it without a warrant \u2014 two details not previously known about the database \u2014 have raised alarms in Congress about what use the government has made of the information, much of which is captured from people not suspected of any crime. CBP officials told congressional staff the data is maintained for 15 years.<\/p>\n Details of the database were revealed Thursday in a letter to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who criticized the agency for \u201callowing indiscriminate rifling through Americans\u2019 private records\u201d and called for stronger privacy protections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mark Keierleber, The 74 (the74million.org)<\/p>\n With states adopting anti-LGBTQ laws and criminalizing abortion, privacy and civil rights advocates warn that school-issued devices could end up exposing students to legal peril.<\/p>\n For years, schools across the U.S. have used digital surveillance tools that collect a trove of information about youth sexuality \u2014 intimate details that are gleaned from students\u2019 conversations with friends, diary entries and search histories. Meanwhile, student information collected by student surveillance companies are regularly shared with police, according to a recent survey conducted by the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology. These two realities are concerning to Elizabeth Laird, the center\u2019s director of equity in civic technology. Following the Supreme Court\u2019s repeal of Roe v. Wade in June, she said information about youth sexuality could be weaponized. <\/p>\n \u201cRight now \u2014 without doing anything \u2014 schools may be getting alerts about students\u201d who are searching the internet for resources related to reproductive health,\u201d Laird said. \u201cIf you are in a state that has a law that criminalizes abortion, right now this tool could be used to enforce those laws.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n FIND OUT MORE:<\/p>\n Maya Morales and Jon Pincus (that’s me!), hosted by Electronic Frontiers Georgia<\/p>\n Maya and I discussed the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act, My Body My Data, HLDPA, ADPPA, CTOPPA, and KOSA. \u00a0We planned on an hour but had so many great questions that we went for 90 minutes \u2013 many thanks to the attendees! \u00a0I’ll have a fuller report soon; for now, the video’s available on EF Georgia’s Facebook<\/a> and Twitch<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n FIND OUT MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n TAKE ACTION: <\/strong> on International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp.org)<\/p>\n IAPP Westin Research Fellow Amy Olivero breaks down the changes to the draft American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). \u00a0Note that both the description of the changes and the chart at the bottom makes ADPPA look stronger than it really is. \u00a0For example, <\/p>\n The Times Editorial Board on Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)<\/p>\n The LA Times argues that California should get a waiver exempting their privacy law for ADPPA. \u00a0I discuss this, along Jennifer Haberkorn’s excellent September 6 LA Times <\/em>news story Congress mulls data privacy bill that would void California\u2019s tougher protections<\/a>, in the footnotes of Who could have predicted? A potential \u201cnew compromise\u201d for ADPPA!<\/a><\/p>\n Patrick Whittle, on Associated Press (apnews.com)<\/p>\n A group of telecommunication providers has dropped its bid \u00a0to overturn Maine’s opt-in privacy law, which Whittle accurately describes as “one of the strictest internet privacy laws in the United States.” Looks like they’re pinning their hopes on ADPPA, which would preempt Maine’s law<\/a> (as well as other current and future state and local consumer privacy laws).<\/p>\n Lynn F. Freedman, National Law Review (natlawreview.com)<\/p>\n Provider groups and privacy advocates have joined together to put pressure on Congress to pass two bipartisan bills designed to bolster children and nd teens\u2019 privacy. \u00a0The Kids Online Safety Act (S. 3663) and the Children and Teens\u2019 Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1628) were both passed out of the Senate subcommittee with bipartisan support.<\/p>\n Note, however, that EFF opposes <\/em>the Kids Online Safety Act. \u00a0Jason Kelley’s The Kids Online Safety Act Is a Heavy-Handed Plan to Force Platforms to Spy on Young People<\/a>. from March, discusses why.<\/p>\n Cecily Mauran on Mashable (mashable.com)<\/p>\n The possible Apple Watch feature is ill-timed<\/p>\n Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov)<\/p>\n The Federal Trade Commission released a report today showing how companies are increasingly using sophisticated design practices known as \u201cdark patterns\u201d that can trick or manipulate consumers into buying products or services or giving up their privacy. IAPP’s Cobun Zweifel-Keegan’s \u00a0What color are your patterns?<\/a> has a short summary.<\/p>\n Khari Johnson, WIRED (wired.com)<\/p>\n The US regulator is eager to end unfair use of artificial intelligence and commercial surveillance, but experts remain skeptical.<\/p>\n Chris Morris on Fast Company (fastcompany.com)<\/p>\n The FTC could borrow from the European Union\u2019s legal framework for what personal data can be collected by companies. But the agency often moves at a glacial pace.<\/p>\n The A.V. Club on Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)<\/p>\n Rep. Anna Eshoo says the tool, Fog Reveal, \u201cpresents a new threat\u201d in the post-Roe landscape.<\/p>\n Ashley Belanger on Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)<\/p>\n Fog Reveal is \u201calmost invisible\u201d when attempting to search for it online.<\/p>\n Caroline Haskins on Insider (businessinsider.com)<\/p>\n Walmart is facing a class action lawsuit over its alleged use of surveillance cameras and Clearview AI\u2019s facial recognition database.<\/p>\n Brian Fishman on Lawfare (lawfareblog.com)<\/p>\n Four principles for U.S. lawmakers to keep in mind as they open the messy and unsatisfying Pandora\u2019s box of tech regulation.<\/p>\n Max Ufberg on Fast Company (fastcompany.com)<\/p>\n The fare payment system\u2019s connections with the public and private sectors make it a dangerous upgrade for subway riders.<\/p>\n on International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp.org)<\/p>\n IAPP Managing Director, Washington D.C., \u00a0offers his thoughts on the privacy happenings in and around D.C.<\/p>\n Brian Fung on CNN (cnn.com)<\/p>\n TikTok repeatedly declined to commit to US lawmakers on Wednesday that the short-form video app will cut off flows of US user data to China, instead promising that the outcome of its negotiations with the US government \u201cwill satisfy all national security concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n Kendra on The Tor Project (blog.torproject.org)<\/p>\n The Tor Project is happy to announce an open call for candidates to join the Tor Project Board of Directors.<\/p>\n Soo-Hyang Choi on Reuters (reuters.com)<\/p>\n South Korea levied millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet\u2019s Google and Meta Platforms for privacy law violations, authorities said on Wednesday, as Meta considers fighting the decision in court.<\/p>\n GARANCE BURKE AND JASON DEAREN on Associated Press (apnews.com)<\/p>\n Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people\u2019s movements months back in time, according to public records and internal emails o\u2026<\/p>\n on S.T.O.P. – The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (stopspying.org)<\/p>\n If you can see an NYPD camera from your window at home, please get in touch with us. We are hoping to sue NYPD to force them to take these cameras down, or at the very least physically block them from viewing New Yorkers\u2019 homes. You may also be entitled to some monetary compensation for violation<\/p>\n Sarah Perez on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)<\/p>\n Last year, TikTok quietly updated its privacy policy to allow the app to collect biometric data on U.S. users, including \u201cfaceprints and voiceprints\u201d \u2014 a concerning change that the company declined to detail at the time, or during a subsequent Senate hearing held last October. Today, the tech compan\u2026<\/p>\n Bloomberg News on ITPro Today: IT News, How-Tos, Trends, Case Studies, Career Tips, More (itprotoday.com)<\/p>\n The passing of the bill would make Indonesia the fifth Southeast Asian country to have a specific law on personal data protection after Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.<\/p>\n Danielle Keats Citron,John C.P. Goldberg,Benjamin C. Zipursky on CNN (cnn.com)<\/p>\n Vanessa Bryant\u2019s recent verdict against the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s and Fire Departments represents a federal jury\u2019s response to immoral and grotesquely offensive conduct by some of their employees.<\/p>\n Kyle Dull on Consumer Privacy World (consumerprivacyworld.com)<\/p>\n With a nod to Data Privacy Day (January 28), California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an enforcement sweep of loyalty programs operated by retail,<\/p>\n Ravie Lakshmanan on The Hacker News (thehackernews.com)<\/p>\n TikTok has denied reports of a data breach after a hacker group claimed to have gained access to information on two billion of its users.<\/p>\n Albert Cahn on TED Talks (ted.com)<\/p>\n Mass surveillance is worse than you think, but the solutions are simpler than you realize, says lawyer, technologist and TED Fellow Albert Cahn. reaking down the crude tactics law enforcement uses to sweep up massive amounts of data collected about us by our everyday tech, he lays out how new legal firewalls can protect the public from geofence warrants and other surveillance abuses — and how we might end the looming dystopia of mass surveillance.<\/p>\n James R. Hagerty and Robert McMillan on WSJ (wsj.com)<\/p>\n Australian computer scientist, who has died at age 44, worked at a San Francisco nonprofit on projects designed to protect privacy.<\/p>\n on International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp.org)<\/p>\n A recent decision by the federal court of appeals in Philadelphia gives new hope to plaintiffs in class action lawsuits over data breaches.<\/p>\n Luca Bertuzzi on EURACTIV (euractiv.com)<\/p>\n Sam Biddle on The Intercept (theintercept.com)<\/p>\n In a discovery hearing, two veteran Facebook engineers told the court that the company doesn\u2019t keep track of all your personal data.<\/p>\n Jason Kelley on Slate (slate.com)<\/p>\n An Arkansas prosecutor recently said that Americans who care about their digital security belong to a \u201ccult of privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on The Register (theregister.com)<\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019re making China\u2019s job easier\u2019<\/p>\n Sarah Perez on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)<\/p>\n A new report examing the impact of Apple\u2019s privacy feature, App Tracking Transparency, indicates Apple\u2019s ads business appears to have financially benefitted as a result of the feature\u2019s launch. Now over a year old, App Tracking Transparency, or ATT, reached mass adoption in June 2021, allowing for a\u2026<\/p>\n on Hogan Lovells Engage 5.7.2 (engage.hoganlovells.com)<\/p>\n On 18 July 2022, the UK government introduced the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament for its first reading. Following the UK leaving the European Union in 2020, the Bill sets o…<\/p>\n Colleen Theresa Brown on Data Matters Privacy Blog (datamatters.sidley.com)<\/p>\n Privacy never sleeps in California. In recent days and as California\u2019s legislative session comes to a close, there have been a number of significant legislative and regulatory developments in the state , each of which will likely (again) change the privacy landscape in California and, by extension, the rest of the country. \u00a0In a surprise to many observers, the California legislature failed to extend the employee- and B2B-exemptions. \u00a0The exemptions will now expire at the end of 2022 and require businesses to extend CCPA rights to all California residents whose personal information they collect, without regard to their employment status.<\/p>\nCustoms officials have copied Americans\u2019 phone data at massive scale<\/a><\/h3>\n
Student and youth privacy<\/h2>\n
With \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 Laws & Abortion Bans, Student Surveillance Raises New Risks<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Federal privacy legislation<\/h2>\n
An Alphabet Soup of Privacy Legislation<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Tell Congress: The Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale<\/a> using EFF’s handy web form<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nRevie<\/a><\/strong>wing the House Committee changes to the proposed ADPPA<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Editorial: Congress must fix data privacy bill so it doesn\u2019t hurt Californians<\/a><\/h3>\n
Internet service providers drop challenge of privacy law<\/a><\/h3>\n
Advocacy Groups Urge Senators to Advance Bills Protecting Children\u2019s Data<\/a><\/h3>\n
Post-Roe privacy<\/h2>\n
Rumored Apple Watch fertility tracking is a potential post-Roe nightmare<\/a><\/h4>\n
FTC<\/h2>\n
FTC Report Shows Rise in Sophisticated Dark Patterns Designed to Trick and Trap Consumers<\/a><\/h3>\n
The FTC Is Closing in on Runaway AI<\/a><\/h3>\n
Even with the FTC mulling a rewrite of data privacy rules, don\u2019t expect change to come soon<\/a><\/h3>\n
Congresswoman Urges FTC to Investigate Newly Revealed Police Software Surveilling Americans\u2019 Movements<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy advocates refused<\/a><\/h4>\n
Walmart is facing a class action suit for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law by using surveillance cameras and Clearview AI\u2019s facial recognition data<\/a><\/h4>\n
What It Really Means to \u201cHold Big Tech Accountable\u201d<\/a><\/h4>\n
The MTA\u2019s switch to OMNY machines is a privacy nightmare<\/a><\/h4>\n
A view from DC: What color are your patterns?<\/a><\/h4>\n
TikTok won\u2019t commit to stopping US data flows to China | CNN Business<\/a><\/h4>\n
Open Call for Tor Board Candidates | Tor Project<\/a><\/h4>\n
S.Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations<\/a><\/h4>\n
Tech tool offers police \u2018mass surveillance on a budget\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n
NYPD Camera Project<\/a><\/h4>\n
TikTok claims it\u2019s not collecting U.S. users\u2019 biometric data, despite what privacy policy says<\/a><\/h4>\n
Indonesia Set to Pass New Data Privacy Law After Spate of Leaks<\/a><\/h4>\n
Opinion: The most disturbing aspect of Vanessa Bryant\u2019s case<\/a><\/h4>\n
Loyalty Programs in the California AG\u2019s Crosshairs Once Again<\/a><\/h4>\n
TikTok Denies Data Breach Reportedly Exposing Over 2 Billion Users\u2019 Information<\/a><\/h4>\n
The shift we need to stop mass surveillance<\/a><\/h4>\n
Peter Eckersley Helped Encrypt Internet Traffic to Foil Snoops<\/a><\/h4>\n
Third circuit shows how to establish standing in data breach cases<\/a><\/h4>\n
Scant resources might threaten enforcement on Big Tech, EU data protection bodies warn<\/a><\/h4>\n
Facebook Engineers: We Have No Idea Where We Keep All Your Personal Data<\/a><\/h4>\n
If Caring About Your Digital Privacy Makes Me a Cult Member, Sign Me Up<\/a><\/h4>\n
Data tracking poses a \u2018national security risk\u2019 FTC told<\/a><\/h4>\n
One year later, Apple\u2019s privacy changes helped boost its own ads business, report finds<\/a><\/h4>\n
UK data protection reform: How the UK GDPR may change<\/a><\/h4>\n
Big California Privacy News: Legislative and Enforcement Updates<\/a><\/h4>\n
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