A US district judge rules that the FBI's warrantless “backdoor” searches of FISA's Section 702 databases violate the Fourth Amendment
but nonetheless, today's decision that Section 702 data cannot be used to spy on US persons without a warrant was hard-fought and actually a pretty big deal. — www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... @eff.org :...
California defense attorney Jay Leiderman, once dubbed the “Hacktivist's Advocate” and known for defending whistleblowers and hackers, dies at 50 years old
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In a filing, Amazon disclosed EU privacy regulators fined the company a record $888M for violating GDPR data storage rules in a July 16 decision
or 1 in every 169 workers Nathan Ord / HotHardware.com News : Amazon Slapped With Nearly $900 Million Fine Over EU Privacy Violations Marketing Dive : Amazon ad sales jump 87% as company emphasizes ne...
Verkada security camera hacker has been charged in the US for hacking into 100+ of the world's biggest companies since 2019 and leaking proprietary data online
U.S. Files Charges Over Data Theft Kelly Sheridan / Dark Reading : Verkada Attacker Charged With Wire Fraud, Conspiracy in US Sarah Coble / infosecurity-magazine.com : US Indicts Software Engineer Mic...
Robinhood is telling some users it may close out some of their positions as part of measures it is taking to reduce account risks
Robinhood Markets told users of its popular stock trading app that it may close out some of their positions as part of measures it's taking to reduce account risks. Tweets: @aoc , @chamath , @motherbo...
Facebook's Oversight Board says it is now accepting cases for review, both from users who have exhausted the company's appeals process and from Facebook itself
absolutely the worst. Started at the top with Elliot Schrage. Sad thing is bullying reporters often works. @reciaimthenet : Translation: “Starting today, Facebook and Instagram users can ask the Board...
New York's AG says it's investigating Charter Communications' handling of COVID-19, requiring thousands to work in offices; source: 230+ workers tested positive
Why are we still in the office?” https://www.nytimes.com/... Borzou Daragahi / @borzou : Firm helmed by Trump pal forces employees to come to work despite coronavirus. Hundreds have gotten sick. At le...
Sources: in a 3-2 vote, FTC commissioners have approved a record $5B settlement with Facebook over the company's privacy violations
or one month's worth of revenue Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation Howard Lindzon : Why Facebook Needs Libra Mark Wyciślik-Wilson ...
Sources: Ajit Pai's office has withheld documents from Democratic FCC commissioners on the FCC's probe into the unauthorized sale of US cellphone location data
Democratic commissioners at the FCC are still in the dark when it comes the agency's ongoing investigation into the unauthorized sale … Tweets: @dellcam , @dellcam , @dellcam , and @karlbode Tweets: D...
In response to a FOIA lawsuit, FCC admits in court that its Electronic Comment Filing System isn't designed to track the sources of comments
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : Tweets: @dellcam Tweets: Dell Cameron / @dellcam : Scoop(ish): In response to @nickconfessore's #FOIA lawsuit, the @FCC openly admitted in court that tracking the sources of ...