Articles Posted in Privacy

The Raleigh, North Carolina police department issued "reverse warrants" to Google for the purpose of collecting cellular location data of people near a crime scene. WRAL, a Raleigh television station and NBC affiliate, reported that the Raleigh police department issued four "reverse warrants" in 2017, seeking information not tied to a specific suspect but from any people with Google accounts, including users of Android operating systems and location-enabled Google apps, at or near the scene of a crime.

Three John Does filed a lawsuit in Ohio on Wednesday, March 21st, claiming that the design of a letter sent to approximately 6,000 participants in the Ohio HIV Drug Assistance Program resulted in the disclosure of the participants' HIV status.