Privacy and the Pandemic
Data Surveillance During Remote Work Leaves Businesses Vulnerable | Small Business Trends
Government Surveillance
Podcast Episode: The Secret Court Approving Secret Surveillance | EFF
Surveillance Disclosures Show Urgent Need for Reforms to EU Aid Programmes | Privacy International
Baltimore Police Beat Court Challenge to Aerial Surveillance | Bloomberg Law
Surveillance Network Near Tampa Public Housing Raises Concerns | Government Technology
Boston Councilors Seek to Make City’s Array of Surveillance Technology More Transparent | Boston Globe
Laws, Regulations, and Legislation
California Passes New CPRA Privacy Regulation | JDSupra
[San Diego City] Council Approves Surveillance Oversight Ordinances | Voice of San Diego
Europe Limits Exports of Surveillance Technology | Axios
Biometric Privacy
EFF Says First Amendment Can’t Save Clearview AI Biometric Faceprinting | BiometricUpdate.com
EU Border Control Aid and Connections to Biometrics Contractors Alarm Privacy International | BiometricUpdate.com
UK Regulator Determines Onfido’s Anti-Bias Biometrics Research is in Public Interest | FindBiometrics
Training Facial Recognition on Some New Furry Friends: Bears | The New York Times
Encryption
WhatsApp Full Encryption Ban Could be Coming – Here’s How to Stay Private | Tom’s Guide
Zoom Settles with the FTC on Video Surveillance and Encryption Overstatement | The National Law Review
Google Drive may Soon Allow Users to Encrypt and Decrypt Files Natively | Chrome Unboxed
This Week in Data Breaches and Leaks
FBI: Hackers Stole Source Code from US Government Agencies and Private Companies | ZDNet
Animal Jam Kids’ Virtual World Hit by Data Breach, Impacts 46M Accounts | BleepingComputer
Millions of Hotel Guests Worldwide Caught up in Mass Data Leak | ThreatPost
Mayo Clinic Faces Lawsuit in Breach of Patients’ Health Records | Minneapolis Star Tribune
Cadwalader and Bar Groups Among Latest to Report Data Breach Incidents | Law.com
Data Breach at Mashable Leaks Users’ Personal Information Online | The Daily Swig
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