Privacy News and Views for January 5
Government Surveillance
What’s To Come As Government Surveillance Sunsets With 2017? | Forbes
Motel 6 gave guest lists to immigration agents in Washington State, lawsuit says | The New York Times
Motel 6 gave guest lists to ICE agents looking for ‘Latino-sounding’ names, lawsuit alleges | Washington Post
Corporate Surveillance
That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You’re Watching on TV | New York Times
Ad targeters are pulling data from your browser’s password manager | The Verge
Let’s make this the year we reclaim control of our data | Wired.uk
Law and Regulation
AG wants Vermont to be first ‘Data Broker’ regulator | Vermont Business
Report Recommends Greater State Regulation Of Data Brokers | Vermont Public Radio
Supreme Court Addresses Cell Phone Privacy in Carpenter v. United States | National Law Review
Illinois Court of Appeals Holds BIPA Plaintiffs Must Allege Some Actual Harm | National Law Review
This Week in Data Breaches
Homeland Security Data Breach Affects 240,000 Federal Employees, Plus Witnesses and Interviewees | Gizmodo
Forever 21 says hackers accessed customer data from April to November this year | WAPT News (Jackson, MS)
- Forever 21 investigation reveals malware presence at some stores | ZDNet
- Forever 21: Yes, hackers breached our payment system | C|Net
After Equifax breach, anger but no action in Congress | Politico