Tag: new york
  • Oct 3, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Surveillance,

Burgeoning Mass Surveillance in the US by Police, Immigration, Customs, and Military

A couple of weeks ago, the PIA blog had a long and detailed post about Fog Reveal. Long story short, Fog Reveal provides law enforcement with easy and often warrantless access to the precise geolocation of hundreds of millions of US citizens. Significantly, it is able to do that using standard advertising identifiers employed by … Continue reading “Burgeoning Mass Surveillance in the US by Police, Immigration, Customs, and Military”

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  • Apr 3, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

The march to mandatory, nationwide DNA databases picks up pace around the world

DNA is without doubt one of the new frontiers for privacy – and for the loss of it. As we wrote last year, genetic privacy is becoming a thing of the past thanks to relatives using DNA testing services. Drawing on this new pool of genetic data, police forces are starting to apply big data … Continue reading “The march to mandatory, nationwide DNA databases picks up pace around the world”

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  • Jun 5, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

New York is latest state to see bipartisan support for internet privacy

New York state may be the next state to pass their own internet privacy protections that protect the sensitive information of internet subscribers from their internet service providers (ISPs). Shortly after President Trump signed S.J. Res 34 and cemented the repeal of FCC internet privacy protections, Assemblymember Monica P. Wallace [D-Lancaster] introduced A. 7191 on … Continue reading “New York is latest state to see bipartisan support for internet privacy”

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