FTC kicks off efforts to regulate data security and surveillance tech
The strategy includes a public forum on September 8th.
Surveillance
UK may use facial recognition smartwatches to monitor migrant criminals
Offenders would need to scan their faces up to five times per day, according to The Guardian.
San Diego joins other cities in restricting cops' use of surveillance technology
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NYPD must disclose facial recognition procedures deployed against Black Lives Matter protesters
The force repeatedly failed to comply with records requests filed by Amnesty International.
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ICE 'now operates as a domestic surveillance agency,' think tank says
A study by the Center on Privacy and Technology found that ICE uses data brokers to avoid restrictions.
Amazon re-awarded $10 billion NSA cloud contract after Microsoft dispute
AWS will help the NSA store intelligence data.
Bipartisan bill would expand US data collection transparency requirements
Email, text, GPS and cloud info would be subject to the same rules as wiretaps.
Senator letter claims a secret CIA surveillance program is bulk collecting data
And it apparently included some Americans' information.
Twitter parts ways with two-factor provider following claims of secret surveillance
A Mitto AG founder allegedly operated a secret surveillance operation.
Huawei documents reportedly show involvement in China's surveillance efforts
'The Washington Post' said it found PowerPoint slides that detail its surveillance technologies.
US puts drone maker DJI and seven other Chinese companies on investment blocklist
US citizens will be barred from making any investments in the companies.
Clearview AI will get a US patent for its facial recognition tech
Critics are worried the company is patenting invasive tech.
NSO spyware was reportedly used to target iPhones of US State Department employees
The attacks targeted officials whose work involved Uganda.
Apple sues NSO Group over state-backed spyware
It even sheds new light on NSO's surveillance methods.
US bans trade with security firm NSO Group over Pegasus spyware (updated)
NSO is accused of enabling 'malicious' surveillance of activists.
European Parliament calls for a ban on facial recognition in public spaces
MEPs also said private facial recognition databases like Clearview AI should be prohibited.
Google gave user data to Hong Kong officials despite moratorium promise
Google wasn't absolute in its response to China's security law.
FTC bans spyware company SpyFone and its CEO from the surveillance industry
It will also have to inform people if its apps were secretly installed on their phones.
Huawei accused of pressuring US firm into installing a data backdoor
There's no evidence of data theft so far, however.
