Privacy
The Vatican introduces vaccine passports
Starting October 1, The Vatican will ask for a vaccine passport that shows a vaccine, a recovery from the virus, or a recent negative test to enter the city-state. Catholic cathedrals in Italy had already controversially implemented vaccine passport mandates. According to an ordinance published
Free-speech-focussed domain provider Epik confirms data breach
Customer details were exposed.
Members
Pelosi says infrastructure bill that could harm crypto exchanges will pass by September 27th
Amendments to change vague terminology didn’t come to pass.
Victoria Premier Dan Andrews is already talking about “booster passports”
Andrews suggests the eradication civil liberties will extend into at least the first half of 2022.
“The Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale” – bill gets renewed attention amidst telecoms privacy concerns
Privacy activists have raised questions about law enforcement agencies’ increased use of commercial phone data and a couple of lawmakers have drafted legislation to address these concerns. While commercial phone data can aid in investigations, it is obtained in an unregulated way and the govern
Florida landlord says he’ll kick out tenants who don’t show vaccine passport
There are already questions about the legality of the extreme policy.
Italy to mandate vaccine passports for state employees, then eventually to private sector workers
Citizens will have to show a vaccine passport to have a job, if proposals go ahead.
Switzerland’s vaccine passport enforcement includes churches
Any church with at least 50 congregants at a time.
UK NHS app faces scrutiny over sharing of face data with 3rd party company
The NHS said it’s fine because it’s “highly secure.”
Walgreens’ COVID test registration system exposed personal data
Name, phone number, physical and email addresses, date of birth, and gender – all left open on the web.