New York City
Second Circuit Strikes Down New York City Law Forcing Apps to Share Customer Data
A restaurant taking a DoorDash order sees a first name and a last initial but a new law would have sent the rest.
Wegmans Expands Biometric Surveillance in NYC Stores, Collecting Facial, Eye, and Voice Data From Shoppers
The grocery aisles have become testing grounds for corporate biometric surveillance.
MembersThe “Free” Internet That Was Bait for Mass Surveillance
The routers were free, the oversight was missing, and the cameras never stopped rolling.
Governor Kathy Hochul Defends Calls for NYC Subway Surveillance Amid Rising Crime Concerns
The growth of Big Brother.
The NYPD Is Underreporting Its Invasive Surveillance Tactics
And its surveillance capabilities are expanding.
UN Urges Governments and Platforms to Implement Its Guidelines for Censoring “Misinformation,” and “Hate”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week addressed a high-level meeting in New York City to detail the ideas around preparing for “the next pandemic.” In his remarks – although he had the good sense to first address issues related to actual diseases – Guterres also prominently urges gove
More People Are Realizing the UN’s Cybercrime Treaty Is an Excuse for Global Surveillance
Any excuse for greater control.
New York Mayor Eric Adams Introduces NYPD Robots
New policing tactics.
The UN Calls for a “Code of Conduct” on Social Media
More demands.
NYC to Use Pension Fund Investments to Push Mastercard and American Express to Flag Gun Sales
New privacy concerns for transaction monitoring.
Rapidly Increasing Surveillance Products Used to Tackle Gun Crime Are Raising Privacy Concerns
“We have no idea how this can be used.”