Tag: ACLU
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ACLU, public defenders push back against Google giving police your mobile data
The ACLU and eight federal public defenders are asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to exclude mobile device location data obtained …
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EFF & ACLU Brief: SFPD Violated Surveillance Law by Spying on Protests for Black Lives
“While thousands of people were peacefully protesting police abuses, the SFPD violated the law by unlawfully surveilling them,” said …
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TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC
Brendan Carr, the commissioner of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), called on the CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from …
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Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US
Clearview AI, a facial recognition software and surveillance company, is permanently banned from selling its faceprint database within the …
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Clearview AI agrees to restrict sales of facial recognition technology
In a landmark settlement, facial recognition company Clearview AI, known for downloading billions of user photos from social media and …
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Clearview AI promises not to sell face-recognition database to most US businesses
Clearview AI has promised to stop selling its controversial face-recognizing tech to most private US companies in a settlement proposed …
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Clearwater AI agrees to restrict sales of facial recognition technology
In a landmark settlement, facial recognition company Clearwater AI, known for downloading billions of user photos from social media and …
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EFF, ACLU, and 30+ Community Groups Oppose Weakening San Francisco’s Surveillance Ordinance
“We have grave concerns about Mayor Breed’s proposed measure to gut the Ordinance, curtail public debate and democratic oversight, and …
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Rhode Island AG opens investigation into transit authority data breach after ACLU letter
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha told The Providence Journal on Thursday that he is going to open an investigation into a data …
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What is facial recognition?
Facebook recently announced it would give up on its facial recognition system. Facebook, or Meta, was using software to automatically …
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ACLU Advocate Reining in Government Use of Face Surveillance, Champion of Privacy Rights Research, and Data Security Trainer Protecting
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce that Kade Crockford, Director of the Technology for …
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Signal app insists it’s so private it can’t provide subpoenaed call data
Signal—the private, end-to-end encrypted messaging app that surged in popularity in recent months—once again reminded criminal …
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