According to a lawsuit, Google is in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Meanwhile, in India, the country's telecom regulator is preparing toby requiring callers' names to appear on caller ID. The idea sounds good—until you realize the privacy implications and the fact that such a plan might not even work.
Finally, because nothing's sacred, Canada's privacy commissioner this week announced that a mobile app for Tim Hortons, the beloved coffee chain,. The app, which used location-tracking tech from US-based firm Radar, collected a constant stream of users' location data—checking as frequently as every 2.5 minutes—and would create an “event” anytime a user “entered or left” their home, office, major sports complex, or rival coffee shop, according to the commissioner's office.
But that's not all, folks. Each week, we round up the big security and privacy news we didn't cover ourselves. Click the links for the full stories, and stay safe out there.If you lived in Illinois between May 1, 2015, and April 25, 2022, Google may owe you some cash. The company recently settled a class-action lawsuit over a feature in the Google Photos app that categorized photos of people based on their faces.
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