Security
There’s not much research on getting a new program in place, but police chiefs who have been there have a lot of ideas about what to do — and what not to do.
Police are using DNA genealogical databases to find and arrest suspects without getting approval from the customers. There is little to no regulation of police usage of DNA websites, but customers’ privacy is at risk.
Police can request videos from Ring doorbell owners before meeting any “evidentiary standard.” Once the video is given to the police, they “can keep the video as long as they like and share it at their discretion.”
The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Brittany Kaiser, will be speaking to New York lawmakers about data harvesting practices. Officials hope to stop big tech from “exploiting all the information they have on us.”
Washington's capital city hopes to create an online platform in which voters can see “what ads are in a race that’s relevant to them, what the spending was like, who was targeted, [and] who was reached by that ad.”
Louisiana was the target of a ransomware attack on Monday, but due to security protocols and “an abundance of caution,” the state will only lose convenience, as some systems and sites were shut down as preventive measures.
Google recently announced a partnership with the nonprofit Ascension hospital chain, but failed to reveal that Google employees would have access to patient files. Questions arise about the company’s data privacy and sharing.
The City Council opted to delay taking action until the new mayor, Kate Snyder, takes office. Almost all supported an outright ban of the facial recognition software, except for one attorney who works for Microsoft.
A ransomware attack in May left Baltimore government disoriented for months. The Cybersecurity and Emergency Preparedness Committee met for the first time on Wednesday to begin a cyber-preparedness plan.
City tech leaders and cybersecurity experts confront the tension between elected officials beholden to the public and IT bosses whose primary concern is limiting the information available to bad actors.
