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Will California’s New Data Protection Privacy Law Become A Model For The Rest of the Country?
At the end of June 2018, California passed Assembly Bill (AB) 375, which is known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. In May 2018 California voters filed the California Consumer Personal Information Disclosure and Sale Initiative (the “Initiative”) that sought to prevent businesses that do business in California from selling or disclosing a consumer’s personal info.
The “Coordinated Response” To President Trump’s War On The Press; Free Speech Concerns
Since the day President Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States he has become a vocal critic of various news groups.
Nationwide Prison Strike Highlights Deplorable Conditions in US Prisons
In 11 states, prisoners and prison organizers have organized hunger strikes, work stoppages, and commissary boycotts to protest deplorable prison conditions and to demand the end of what they call “prison slavery” for 19 days of peaceful protest.
Who Should Decide Industry Standards For Privacy Recognition Software To Prevent Misuse and Abuse?
In July 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published a blog post about the results of an experiment they conducted using Amazon.com’s facial recognition software known as “Rekognition.”
Check Your State: Register to Vote and Confirm or Change Registration
Learn if you’re eligible to vote, how to register, check, or update your information at USA.gov
Facebook’s Business Model Does Not Encourage Protecting Personal Data
Brief #55---Civil Rights Policy Summary: On April 21, 2010, Facebook launched Version 1.0 of the Graph API on its platform. This version remained in use on Facebook until it was closed on April 30, 2015. The Facebook Graph API worked at the application developer level...
President Trump Resorts To Bullying Tactics When Confronted With Racial Issues
On August 3, 2018, President Donald Trump remarked on his Twitter account that “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made LeBron look smart which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!” Don Lemon, a CNN broadcaster, and LeBron James, an NBA athlete, are both African – American.
Russian Election Meddling Illustrates Privacy Concerns of Data Collection and Retention; Data Privacy Proposals
On July 13, 2018, twelve Russian intelligence officers were indicted by a federal grand jury as part of the investigation by the Department of Justice’s Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
TSA Monitoring and Documenting Innocent Behavior With Quiet Skies Program
At the end of July 2018, the Boston Globe reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had been conducting a surveillance program known as “Quiet Skies.”