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Georgetown Privacy 19 j
ICYMI: last week the Center joined and in filing a complaint with the about wireless service carriers disclosing sensitive user location data.
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Georgetown Privacy 17 Jun
Now open nationally! Apply to be part of and Justice Lab's inaugural Iron Tech Lawyer Invitational, a national competition for student-created tech solutions that help bridge the justice gap. Applications due 7/15:
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Open Tech Institute 14 Jun
TODAY: OTI, , , and filed an FCC complaint against the four major U.S. wireless carriers for selling consumers’ location data to third parties without consent
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Georgetown Privacy 14 Jun
Membalas @lauramoy
"When you sign up for wireless service you may realize that your provider has to be able to know where you are so that it can serve you...What you don’t expect is for your provider to sell your location data to anyone with your phone number and a few dollars to spend." -
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Georgetown Privacy 14 Jun
Membalas @GeorgetownCPT
Sharing this data violates the Communications Act: -222(a): failed to protect confidentiality -Section 222(c): failed to obtain customer consent before sharing -201(b): by failing to obtain consent, created unjust and unreasonable risk of unauthorized access
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Georgetown Privacy 14 Jun
Membalas @GeorgetownCPT
By sharing this data with aggregators, location-based services companies, and other unauthorized individuals, these companies have enabled bounty hunters and stalkers.
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Georgetown Privacy 14 Jun
The Center, with and , has filed a complaint with the over wireless service carriers’ failure to protect their customers’ location data. These carriers have disclosed sensitive data to a whole host of actors without customer consent.
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Joseph Cox 14 Jun
New: , , file a FCC complaint—AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon sold their customers' real-time location data, in some cases ended up in the hands of bounty hunters. "The Carriers' actions have threatened public safety."
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Georgetown Privacy 12 Jun
JOB ALERT: An unnamed western Democratic Senator is seeking a Technology Advisor for their policy team in DC. For more information and to apply (scroll to find):
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Georgetown Privacy 11 Jun
Membalas @GeorgetownCPT
UPDATE: ICYMI: after pressure from scholars and advocates, PLSC dropped Palantir as a sponsor.
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Georgetown Privacy 11 Jun
Membalas @harrisonsethdc
Last year, warned that DHS had not codified its stated privacy and civil liberties protections for people whose biometrics were stored in their databases. We are now seeing the consequences of this.
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Georgetown Privacy 11 Jun
Tens of thousands of travelers’ photos collected by US Customs and Border Protection were recently compromised in a cyberattack.
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Georgetown Privacy 11 Jun
JOB ALERT: is seeking a US Policy Analyst in its DC office to work on policy strategies and priorities at the federal and state levels. More information:
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Georgetown Privacy 6 Jun
We'd like to welcome our new summer fellow Allison McDonald () to the team! Allison is currently a PhD candidate in the Computer Science department at University of Michigan.
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Georgetown Privacy 5 Jun
JOB ALERT: is seeking an experienced disability rights lawyer to lead a multi-year project on algorithmic fairness and the rights of people with disabilities. More information:
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Georgetown Privacy 4 Jun
The FBI can request searches of Nebraska's driver's license photos:
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Georgetown Privacy 4 Jun
MYTH: The FBI only uses face recognition for law enforcement purposes, when they have reasonable suspicion. REALITY: The FBI can run face searches to detect crime based only on allegations or information.
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EFF Live Tweets 4 Jun
Rep says, “This stuff freaks me out,” and describes Detroit’s real-time face recognition surveillance program, “Project Greenlight.” described the program in their recent study, America Under Watch
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Georgetown Privacy 4 Jun
Membalas @GeorgetownCPT
Without false positive data, the public has no idea how often this system is ensnaring innocent people.
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Georgetown Privacy 4 Jun
MYTH: The FBI doesn’t need to test for false positives in its own system because they only use it for investigative leads anyways. REALITY: In the field, “investigative lead only” can often mean positive ID.
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