In the News

• Facebook raises settlement to $650 million in facial recognition lawsuit
  7/31/2020 – Reuters
• U.S. official orders end to information gathering on journalists
  7/31/2020 – Reuters
• Face masks are screwing up facial recognition software
  7/29/2020 – CNN
• Going back to work or school? An algorithm may warn you to keep your distance from others.
  7/28/2020 – CNN
• Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores
  7/28/2020 – Reuters
• Australian watchdog accuses Google of privacy breaches
  7/27/2020 – AP News
• Companies need immediate rethink on U.S. data transfers, says watchdog.
  7/24/2020 – Reuters
• A Security Breach Exposed More Than One Million DNA Profiles On A Major Genealogy Database
  7/23/2020 – BuzzFeed News
• NY lawmakers vote to pause facial recognition in schools
  7/23/2020 – AP News
• Google Promises Privacy With Virus App but Can Still Collect Location
  7/20/2020 – The New York Times
• TikTok Is Wonderful. I Still Don’t Want It on My Phone.
  7/17/2020 – The New York Times
• Google’s Cookie Fight Will Shape Future of Digital Advertising
  7/16/2020 – Bloomberg
• The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool
  7/16/2020 – Forbes
• Privacy activist Schrems welcomes EU court decision on Facebook
  7/16/2020 – Reuters
• Court strikes down EU-US data privacy pact, leaving companies in the lurch
  7/16/2020 – CNN
• Top EU court ditches transatlantic data transfer deal
  7/15/2020 – Reuters
• Israeli court rejects petition to curb spyware company
  7/13/2020 – AP News
• TikTok halts Hong Kong access after security law
  7/10/2020 – BBC News
• Supreme Court of Canada upholds genetic non-discrimination law
  7/10/2020 – CBC News
• EU court: No need to reveal IP addresses in uploading cases
  7/9/2020 – AP News
• Virus projects renew questions about UAE’s mass surveillance
  7/9/2020 – AP News
• Microsoft and Zoom join Hong Kong data 'pause'
  7/7/2020 – BBC News
• In Hong Kong national security law, echoes of China's own cyber crackdown
  7/7/2020 – Reuters
• Facebook, others block requests on Hong Kong user data
  7/7/2020 – AP News
• Pompeo says U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok
  7/6/2020 – Reuters