Students’ and Minors’ Privacy
Government Surveillance
- ‘Constantly afraid’: Immigrants on life under the US government’s eye | Guardian
- The hidden role of facial recognition tech in many arrests | WIRED
- Secret surveillance program collects Americans’ money-transfer data, senator says | Wall Street Journal
- Chair Raskin, ranking member Mace request GAO review of FBI surveillance of Americans to protect First Amendment rights | House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- 13 states sue Biden administration over FBI surveillance of parents protesting school boards | Law Officer
- Faith under fire: A pastor’s legal fight against CBP exposes a reckless surveillance operation | Intercept
Laws, Legislation, and Litigation
- U.S. states follow BIPA with biometric data privacy proposals | BiometricUpdate.com
- Colorado legislature approves privacy protection for health care workers, others | Colorado Politics
- State Senate approves restricting facial recognition technology in Colorado | Colorado Politics
- Wisconsin House passes new comprehensive privacy bill | JD Supra
- Utah legislature on verge of passing data privacy bill; Florida house passes bill | JD Supra
- Supreme Court rules in favor of FBI in case involving surveillance of Muslim community in California | CBS News
- US Senators target IRS with proposed facial recognition ban | FindBiometrics
Biometric Privacy
- Activists pushed the IRS to drop facial recognition. They won, but they’re not done yet | CNN
- Clearview AI commercialization of facial recognition raises concerns, risks | CSO
- Biometric monitoring is booming in the workplace, raising ethical and legal questions for HR | HR Brew
- Uzbekistan plans broad facial recognition deployment, social media photos in database | BiometricUpdate.com
- Facial recognition technology with global reach puts privacy in peril | Chicago Sun-Times
Encryption and Online Anonymity
- State news networks embrace encryption as Russian censorship worsens | Reason
- Why encryption can be a matter of ‘life or death’ in Russia, Ukraine | Washington Post
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