Privacy News and Views for January 12
Featured
Major CPU security flaw: What libraries need to know | Library Journal
Government Surveillance
House Votes to Renew Surveillance Law, Rejecting New Privacy Limits | New York Times
- ALA Signs Letter in Support of the USA Rights Amendment and opposing passage of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act unless it is amended.
- House Intelligence Committee’s Section 702 Bill: Surveillance Expansion and No Meaningful Reform | New America
U.S. customs agents are searching more cellphones — including those belonging to Americans | Washington Post
How the government hides secret surveillance programs | Wired
Corporate Surveillance
How to tame household privacy threats from toys, TVs and more | CBS News
Consumer data power the information economy, but is more transparency needed? | American Enterprise Institute
Defining privacy in text messages – a step forward and maybe a step back | IAPP
Students’ and Minors’ Privacy
NYPD subpoenas Google to obtain teen’s online history | New York Post
Encryption
FBI chief calls unbreakable encryption ‘urgent public safety issue’ | Reuters
Law and Regulation
Top Data Governance Issues from 2017 and What to Watch in 2018 | National Law Review
How to Find Official Guidance on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) | National Law Review
Supreme Court Hears Side-By-Side Search Cases On Rental Cars And Driveways | NPR
- Justices Gorsuch and Sotomayor Unlikely Allies in Police Search Cases | Courthouse News
This Week in Data Breaches
Jason’s Deli warns customers of possible data breach | Austin American Statesman
Elizabeth Warren’s bill would fine the next Equifax for data breach | C|Net