15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (253+ words) Two major healthcare providers, Sutter Health and Memorial Care, have been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California over allegations that they used AI to record and transcribe patient conversations without their consent. The suit, first spotted by Ars Technica,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (663+ words) By David Braue on Apr 02 2026 11: 17 AM Age assurance could become mandatory for most online services, based on a new exposure draft of the Privacy (Children's Online Privacy) Code that obligates tech firms to "take reasonable steps" to verify users' age…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago  (118+ words) April 13 (Reuters) - Gym operator "Basic-Fit "has suffered a data breach "affecting "around "200, 000 of "its members in the Netherlands, "it said "on "Monday. The "company said "the breach involved "members' bank account "details, as well as their "nam. .. Basic-Fit says data…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (138+ words) The Rhode Island Judiciary is testing a facial recognition program at courthouse entrances for security purposes. Civil liberties advocates are concerned about privacy, potential misuse of data, and. .. RI's courts will have facial recognition cameras. Why this group is opposed....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (101+ words) Courthouses have been using facial recognition technology and databases of "monitored" people to track visitors. RI's courts are using facial recognition and AI to monitor people. Should it? Rhode Island's court system has been using AI-assisted facial recognition tools to…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (655+ words) Apr. 10 As new restrictions on license plate-reading cameras take hold across the state, the Centralia Police Department remains confident in its use of its Flock Safety cameras, even if the technology's benefits are somewhat reduced by recent state legislation. Gov....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (571+ words) Privacy is at the center of an ongoing debate in Hernando County after dozens of license plate-reading cameras were installed along county roads, raising questions over how " or whether " they should be more tightly regulated. The public's visibility is the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (947+ words) The post The Supreme Court's Next Big Fourth Amendment Case appeared first on Reason. com. In Carpenter v. United States (2018), the U. S. Supreme Court held that warrantless government tracking of cellphone users via their cellphone location records violated the constitutional right to…...

1+ day, 30+ min ago  (565+ words) Shiny Hunters hacker group breached Rockstar Games through third-party platform Anodot, demanding ransom by April 14. While Rockstar claims only "non-material" data was accessed, the incident raises fresh security concerns around GTA 6 development. Rockstar Games has confirmed a new data breach…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (140+ words) Starting Monday, wearing smart glasses with audio or video recording is verboten in Philadelphia's courts. That includes prescription smart glasses. Violators could be arrested and face contempt charges. This follows other state bans and a judge reprimanding Mark Zuckerberg's team…...