Wed. Feb. 24, 2021 | By Charlie Fripp – Komodo.com | Apple recently changed its policy and now forces app developers to tell you what data the app will collect with “privacy labels” before downloading it. Developers must also reveal what this information is being used for. And in most cases, it’s for third-party advertising. Tap […]
Mon. Feb. 22, 2021 |By Chris Mills Rodrigo – The Hill | Law enforcement agencies may be on shaky legal ground when purchasing cell phone location data without a warrant, according to a new Treasury Department watchdog report. The agency’s inspector general said in the report reviewing the Internal Revenue Service’s use of a commercial […]
Thurs. Feb. 11, 2021 |By Maria Dinzo – Courthouse News| The Ninth Circuit will likely uphold an award of $13 million against Google over data collected by Street View cars, while a federal judge ruled Thursday that cellphone users can pursue privacy claims related to location tracking through mobile apps. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A […]
Wed. Feb. 10, 2021 |By Stephen Rex Brown – New York Daily News| They’ve been working on the rail road — or have they? Five current and former Long Island Rail Road employees pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges of claiming more than $1 million of overtime on taxpayers’ dime that they didn’t actually […]
Sat. Feb. 6, 2021 |By Zack Whittaker – TechCrunch | Police in Minneapolis obtained a search warrant ordering Google to turn over sets of account data on vandals accused of sparking violence in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd last year, TechCrunch has learned. The death of Floyd, a Black man killed […]
