For three and half years now, Privacy News Online has been warning about the huge, and largely ignored, danger of micro-targeted ads and real-time bidding (RTB). The approach sounds plausible.…
Police investigators are increasingly taking advantage of a new class of forensics technology known as digital vehicle forensics. When police have access, they will suck up an inordinate amount of…
Nijeer Parks is suing the police after he was arrested and jailed in 2019 for ten days based on an incorrect facial recognition match. After a crime in Woodbridge, NJ,…
It would be something of an understatement to say that Covid-19 has caused major changes to everyday life around the world. In the world of education, virtual classrooms, with students…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has the ability to break into encrypted phones and laptops, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing so that the public can…
The SolarWinds hack is the most serious breach of governmental and corporate security in years, perhaps the most serious breach ever - at least among those that we know about.…
On December 18th, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a proposed regulation seeking to increase financial surveillance of cryptocurrency transactions. Note that the introduction date and…
The fast growing world of fintech may eventually develop to the point where your credit score is based on your internet history. A new blogpost on the International Monetary Fund…
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill titled the Protect Our Civil Liberties Act (H.R. 8970). If passed, the Act would repeal the…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the Baltimore Police Department (BDP) to end the use of spy planes for an invasive aerial surveillance campaign that has…