#privacy-rights

#privacy-rights

Biden filed a lawsuit to try to prevent the justice department (DoJ) from releasing transcripts and audio of interviews that exposed his frequent memory lapses and helped derail his 2024 re-election campaign. The decade-old conversations with the author of his biography ended up in the hands of Robert Hur, the special counsel who was appointed to look into allegations Biden improperly handled classified documents. Hur evaluated the files, and also spent five hours interviewing Biden himself, concluding in a 2024 report to Congress that there was no criminal wrongdoing, but portraying the then 81-year-old president as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.

Biden’s lawyers said in a lawsuit filed in Washington’s federal court that the Justice Department plans to release the files to Congress and a conservative group, the Heritage Foundation, after the department had previously argued that they were exempt from disclosure under the public records law. Biden’s lawyers argued that the disclosure would “constitute an unwarranted invasion of President Biden’s privacy.”

Geofence warrants turn the usual way of pursuing suspects on its head. Typically, police identify a suspect and then obtain a warrant to search a home or a phone.

I have worked for decades honing my skills as a writer and editor, and I am distressed to discover that a tech company is selling an imposter version of my hard-earned expertise. This statement from Julia Angwin encapsulates the core concern: unauthorized commercial use of professional reputation and expertise developed over years of dedicated work.

The footage at issue depicts petitioner in an acutely vulnerable state during a roadside encounter with law enforcement, capturing intimate details of petitioner's physical appearance, demeanor, speech, and conduct during field sobriety testing, the subsequent arrest, and petitioner's confinement following arrest over the next several hours.

Generative artificial intelligence can now counterfeit reality at an industrial scale. Deepfakesphotographs, videos and audio tracks that use AI to create convincing but entirely fabricated representations of people or eventsaren't just an Internet content problem; they are a social-order problem. The power of AI to create words and images that seem real but aren't threatens society, critical thinking and civilizational stability.

Berkeley could soon start planning how to equip the Berkeley Police Department and other first responders with drones to track fleeing suspects, provide reconnaissance during standoffs and gain a bird's-eye view of disasters like earthquakes and fires, among other uses. A proposal from Councilmember Terry Taplin would task the City Manager's Office with developing an acquisition report and use policy for drones.

Looking behind, she noticed a cyclist following her and filming her backside with his smartphone. Gentsch confronted the man and forced him to delete the footage. She in turn took out her smartphone and filmed the perpetrator. Her own footage shows that this voyeur appears overwhelmed by her determination to hold him accountable. He stammers excuses and claims that "nothing happened," while ultimately blaming her. "Why are you wearing pants like that?"

"Otter tries to shift responsibility, outsourcing its legal obligations to its accountholders, rather than seeking permission and consent from the individuals Otter records, as required by law."

Sometimes technology feels like a gilded cage, and you're not the one holding the key. Most people can't live off the grid, so how do we stop data brokers who track and exploit you for money? Tech companies that distort what you see and hear? Governments that restrict, censor, and intimidate? No one can do it alone, but EFF was built to protect your rights.

"In 2025, surveillance is everywhere. From how we move through the city to how we use our phones, nearly every action leaves a digital trace," Gutiérrez said in a statement. "Right now, the city can collect and share information about how you walk, type or browse - without treating it as sensitive. That needs to change."

Hulk Hogan, a larger-than-life wrestler known for his showmanship, succumbed to cardiac arrest after a career marked by digital hoaxes and a landmark battle against online exploitation.

SMUD's disclosures invade the privacy of customers' homes. The whole exercise is the digital equivalent of a door-to-door search of an entire city. The home lies at the 'core' of constitutional protections.

A tech industry group, NetChoice, plans to continue legal challenges against a Mississippi law requiring age verification for social media users, arguing it infringes on user privacy rights.

We simply must stop approaching everything as if property rights are the only way to protect people, when privacy does a better job of it.

President Trump’s explicit warning that demonstrators will face "very heavy force" might deter individuals from exercising their right to protest, emphasizing the necessity for caution.

Retired police officer Hilary Baker, 69, expressed concern over drone usage in Castle Combe, stating, "It’s almost like some of the visitors have lost their moral compass, they have lost their boundaries."

The complaints argue that the use of third-party tracking technologies by banks like Truist and BMO violates California's Invasion of Privacy Act, emphasizing consumer rights.