In early January, 404 Media broke the news that hackers claimed to have accessed cellphone location data records from data broker Gravy Analytics, dating back to 2018. In screenshots obtained by journalists and published to 404 Media, the hackers claimed that “personal...
A Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) complaint against data broker Kochava unsealed and published in early November reveals shocking new information about the company’s handling of extremely sensitive personal information pertaining to hundreds of millions of people in the United States. Among the explosive...
For years now, conventional wisdom has warned that the rise of artificial intelligence and automation will put millions of people out of work. This assumption about the future of work has largely been accepted as a fact—unavoidable, even if troubling. Earlier this...
Earlier this month, the Mozilla Foundation released a comprehensive report with an eye-opening overview of current data tracking practices within the automotive industry. Mozilla found that auto manufacturers are sucking up huge quantities of extremely sensitive data about motorists and their passengers,...
Last year, the City of Boston voted unanimously to pass an ordinance that will require community control over police surveillance (CCOPS). After being signed into law in November 2021, the ordinance is now set to go into effect in August 2022. Boston...
Last year, Joshua Wessel, a man in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was arrested for the June 2017 murder of Ronald French. Using data stored in Mr. French’s car, investigators identified Mr. Wessel as the person who gave voice instructions to the car’s infotainment system—a...
Thanks to the work of the ACLU of Massachusetts and coalition allies working with the MBTA, the Governor last week signed into law crucial new protections for transit riders. Included in omnibus transportation bond legislation approved by the Governor were two key...
Last week, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg—Europe’s top court— ruled that the agreement that allowed data transfers between the European Union and the United States is invalid under European law. In a crucial pro-privacy ruling, the Court decided that the...
Nationwide, people are marching in record numbers to demand justice for Black communities long subject to police violence, and an end to white supremacy. In response, government agencies from the local to the state and federal are mounting increasingly aggressive attacks on...
Can the cops in Massachusetts use digital surveillance technologies to track every driver’s every movement throughout the state? Not without violating the constitution, says the state’s highest court. In a series of crucial court rulings culminating in the historic 2018 Supreme Court...