A digital privacy group is suing the federal government to obtain records of its communications with technology and social media companies leading up to the removal of several apps and websites that were tracking the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation names…
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Cybersecurity, EFF, Global Security News, privacy, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Many data brokers aren’t registering across state lines, privacy groups say
Hundreds of companies registered as data brokers in one U.S. state are not recognized as such in other states with similar disclosure laws, according to a new analysis by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The country has a data broker problem, with few meaningful laws at the federal or state level…
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Federal judge allows the EFF’s lawsuit against DOGE and Elon Musk to proceed
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit attempting to stop the Department of Government Efficiency from obtaining records on millions of Americans may proceed. In conjunction with privacy watchdog the Electronic Frontier Foundation and two labor unions, more than 100 current and former federal employees sued DOGE, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management…