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[Data Brokers](https://myprivacy.blog/tag/data-brokers/) — 41 articles - [Facial Recognition](https://myprivacy.blog/tag/facial-recognition/) — 41 articles - [Meta](https://myprivacy.blog/tag/meta/) — 41 articles - [ALPR](https://myprivacy.blog/tag/alpr/) — 40 articles ## Watchlist (one page per company/agency: privacy record + all coverage) - [Meta](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/meta/) — Company - [Google](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/google/) — Company - [Apple](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/apple/) — Company - [Microsoft](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/microsoft/) — Company - [OpenAI](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/openai/) — Company - [TikTok](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/tiktok/) — Company - [X](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/x/) — Company - [Palantir](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/palantir/) — Company - [Flock Safety](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/flock-safety/) — Company - [ICE](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/ice/) — Agency - [CBP](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/cbp/) — Agency - [FBI](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/fbi/) — Agency - [NSA](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/nsa/) — Agency - [DHS](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/dhs/) — Agency - [FTC](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/ftc/) — Regulator - [EFF](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/eff/) — Advocacy - [Snapchat](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/snap/) — Company - [Signal](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/signal/) — Company - [Telegram](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/telegram/) — Company - [Anthropic](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/anthropic/) — Company - [xAI](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/xai/) — Company - [Chinese AI labs](https://myprivacy.blog/watch/chinese-ai-labs/) — Company ## Trackers (multi-jurisdiction / multi-platform running coverage) - [Under-18 Social Media & Age Verification Tracker](https://myprivacy.blog/trackers/under-18-social-media/) — Every law, bill and court fight over who can use social media, app stores and adult sites, and how platforms are supposed to check. - [Digital ID & Biometrics Tracker](https://myprivacy.blog/trackers/digital-id/) — National digital identity schemes, mobile driver's licences, biometric checkpoints, facial recognition deployments and the wallet standards behind them. - [Social Media Privacy Tracker](https://myprivacy.blog/trackers/social-media/) — Platform by platform: the breaches, fines, lawsuits, policy changes and surveillance disclosures at Meta, TikTok, X, Snapchat, YouTube, Discord and the rest, with the record each one has accumulated in our coverage.. - [AI Companies Privacy Tracker](https://myprivacy.blog/trackers/ai-companies/) — Company by company: what OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, the Chinese labs and the companion-bot makers do with the data they train on and the conversations they keep, and the lawsuits, regulator actions, leaks and policy changes that follow. ## Latest Articles (742 total — full list: https://myprivacy.blog/llms-full.txt) - [FTC's GM Settlement Exposes How Connected Cars Became Insurance Surveillance Tools](https://myprivacy.blog/ftc-opens-probe-connected-cars-feeding-driving-data-insurers-police/) — 2026-10-21 — The FTC's consent order against GM and OnStar reveals how Smart Driver data reached LexisNexis and Verisk, and why Hyundai and Honda face similar scrutiny. - [UK Police Are Mining Years of Archived CCTV With Facial Recognition — Even If You Were Never a Suspect](https://myprivacy.blog/uk-police-mining-years-old-cctv-facial-recognition-even-if/) — 2026-10-20 — Retrospective facial recognition lets UK police search archived CCTV against the Police National Database, creating searchable movement histories for… - [Pennsylvania's Porn Age-Verification Bill Advances. EFF's Mackey Warns of Lost Anonymity](https://myprivacy.blog/pennsylvanias-porn-age-verification-bill-advances-effs-mackey-warns-anonymity/) — 2026-10-20 — SB 603 advanced through Pennsylvania's Senate Judiciary Committee. EFF, EPIC and the ACLU warn the age-verification bill threatens anonymity and invites… - [Meta Says Scanning Encrypted Messages Before They're Sent Breaks Encryption. It Already Does Something Close.](https://myprivacy.blog/metas-encrypted-messenger-isnt-encrypted-if-scans-first-device-side/) — 2026-10-18 — Meta opposes client-side scanning as incompatible with encryption, but Messenger's Meta AI, business-chat and edit-history exceptions show the guarantee has… - [EFF Warns Revived Senate Age-Verification Push Would ID Every Adult Online](https://myprivacy.blog/senates-new-age-verification-bill-would-build-de-facto-id/) — 2026-10-18 — EFF warns Senate age-verification bills like KOSA would force all adults into ID or face-scan checks online, with disproportionate harm to marginalized groups. - [Hawley Grills Flock Over Self-Policing License Plate Data](https://myprivacy.blog/hawley-grills-flock-over-self-policing-license-plate-data/) — 2026-10-17 — Sen. Josh Hawley's Senate hearing found Flock, Axon, Motorola and Verkada rely on police to self-police ALPR misuse, fueling new federal legislation. - [Federal Judges Twice Block DOJ Bid to Seize Georgia's Unredacted Voter Rolls](https://myprivacy.blog/court-blocks-doj-seizing-georgia-voters-personal-records/) — 2026-10-15 — Federal judges twice rejected DOJ's bid for Georgia's unredacted voter rolls, its 26th defeat nationwide, as ACLU, SPLC and Common Cause fought to intervene. - [ACLU Report Warns Police Surveillance Vendors Are Becoming Corporate 'Operating Systems'](https://myprivacy.blog/aclus-new-report-happens-when-police-data-access-goes-corporate/) — 2026-10-14 — The ACLU's "Surveillance, Profits, and the Police" report warns Axon, Flock, and Motorola are becoming de facto operating systems for police data nationwide. - [University of Kentucky Scans Student Faces to Enter Dorms, Calls It a Safety Pilot](https://myprivacy.blog/university-kentucky-scanning-student-faces-enter-dorms-preview-campus-biometrics/) — 2026-10-14 — University of Kentucky is piloting Alcatraz AI's facial scanning system at dorms, framed as voluntary and safe — but retention and oversight questions… - [Troy, NY Council Passes Law Capping Flock Camera Data at 72 Hours](https://myprivacy.blog/troy-ny-becomes-first-new-york-city-restrict-alpr-data/) — 2026-10-13 — Troy, NY passed Local Law 3, capping Flock ALPR data retention at 72 hours and limiting searches to felonies, amid a veto threat from the mayor. - [Researcher's Map of 300,000 Flock Devices Shows a Network Bigger Than the Company Admits](https://myprivacy.blog/interactive-map-reveals-flock-safetys-300-000-camera-network-flock/) — 2026-10-13 — Joshua Michael's map, built from a Flock Safety data leak, shows 300,000+ devices nationwide. Flock sought removal via trademark complaint instead of… - [California Overhauls Insurance Privacy Law With CIIPPA, Effective 2028](https://myprivacy.blog/california-enacts-ciippa-overhauling-insurance-privacy-law/) — 2026-10-12 — California's new CIIPPA (SB 354) overhauls insurance privacy law with CCPA-style opt-in sharing, 21-day notices and breach reporting, effective July 1, 2028. - [Seattle's Surveillance-Pricing Ban Exempts Coupons and Small Chains, Leaving Its Target Unclear](https://myprivacy.blog/seattles-surveillance-pricing-ban-well-intentioned-poorly-targeted/) — 2026-10-12 — Seattle's Fair and Transparent Pricing ordinance bans surveillance pricing in groceries, but exemptions for coupons and small chains leave its reach uncertain. - [San Francisco's New 30-Day Flock Camera Limit Draws Fire as 'Performative'](https://myprivacy.blog/sf-mayor-lurie-unveils-new-limits-police-access-license-plate/) — 2026-10-12 — SF Mayor Lurie's new 30-day Flock camera data limit is drawing criticism from the ACLU and Secure Justice as largely symbolic, not structural reform. - [Norway Moves to Ban AI Smart Glasses in Public Spaces, a World First](https://myprivacy.blog/norway-considers-banning-ai-smart-glasses-public-spaces/) — 2026-10-08 — Norway plans a temporary public-space ban on AI smart glasses. Here's what the bill covers, who's exempt, and how it compares to US and UK moves. - [Florida's New Flock Camera Ban Leaves Most Surveillance Untouched](https://myprivacy.blog/floridas-new-flock-camera-ban-leaves-most-surveillance-untouched/) — 2026-10-08 — Florida's FDOT order pulls Flock cameras off state highways, but 98% of the state's ALPR network sits untouched — and Longboat Key shows how easy the… - [Judge Rules Warrantless Flock Camera Search Violated Fourth Amendment](https://myprivacy.blog/judge-rules-some-flock-camera-uses-may-violate-fourth-amendment/) — 2026-10-07 — A federal judge called a warrantless Flock license-plate search unconstitutional mass surveillance, as the Fifth Circuit and a new Senate bill take up the… - [Hawley's Stop Flock Abuse Act Would Force License-Plate Networks to Delete Data and Stop Selling It](https://myprivacy.blog/hawley-unveils-sweeping-new-anti-flock-legislation/) — 2026-10-07 — Josh Hawley's Stop Flock Abuse Act would ban ALPR data sales and mandate 10-day deletion, arriving alongside the Ban Flock Act and new misuse revelations. - [Sanders, AOC and Merkley Introduce Ban Flock Act to Bar Federal Use of License-Plate Cameras](https://myprivacy.blog/lawmakers-introduce-ban-flock-act-restrict-license-plate-surveillance-nationwide/) — 2026-10-06 — The Ban Flock Act would bar federal ALPR use and cut funding to non-compliant states, joining a wave of bipartisan bills targeting Flock Safety's camera… - [New Lawsuit Against PCLOB Exposes Deeper Dysfunction at the Surveillance Watchdog Trump Gutted](https://myprivacy.blog/privacy-watchdog-group-sues-federal-board-meant-watch-government-surveillance/) — 2026-10-05 — A new lawsuit against PCLOB follows the fired Democratic members' own case, exposing how Trump's purge left the surveillance watchdog unable to function. - [Passkeys Don't Stop This Attack. Cyber Awareness Month Is a Good Time to Fix Your Habits Anyway](https://myprivacy.blog/privacy-habits-cyber-awareness-month-passkeys-infostealer-hygiene-hardened-phones/) — 2026-10-04 — A fake-passkey phishing campaign is hitting Microsoft 365 users while infostealers bypass MFA via cookie theft. What passkeys, hardware keys and GrapheneOS… - [West Virginia Becomes a National Flashpoint Over Flock's License-Plate Cameras](https://myprivacy.blog/flock-safety-cameras-become-2026-ballot-fight-west-virginia/) — 2026-10-04 — Huntington's Flock Safety contract sparked an ACLU lawsuit, a ballot initiative, and a West Virginia Freedom Caucus bill to ban license-plate cameras statewide. - [AOC, Sanders and Merkley Revive Push for a Federal ALPR Warrant Requirement](https://myprivacy.blog/aoc-bernie-sanders-revive-push-federal-alpr-warrant-requirement/) — 2026-10-04 — AOC, Sanders and Merkley's Ban Flock Act would ban federal ALPR use and cut funding to compliant states, days after a judge ruled a Flock search… - [Facial-Recognition Mismatch at John Wayne Airport Exposes Two Passport Swap Suspects](https://myprivacy.blog/caught-their-faces-biometric-scans-john-wayne-airport-exposed-two/) — 2026-10-03 — Facial-recognition scans flagged a passport mismatch at John Wayne Airport, leading to federal charges. Here's how CBP biometric screening works and what to… - [California Appeals Court Tosses Surveillance Tech CEO's SLAPP Suit Against Reporter](https://myprivacy.blog/california-appeals-court-tosses-surveillance-tech-ceos-slapp-suit-against/) — 2026-10-03 — California's Court of Appeal upheld an anti-SLAPP dismissal of Maury Blackman's suit against journalist Jack Poulson over sealed arrest reporting. - [Pennsylvania's New Age-Verification Bill Would ID Every Adult Watching Legal Adult Content](https://myprivacy.blog/pennsylvanias-new-age-verification-bill-would-id-every-adult-watching/) — 2026-10-02 — Pennsylvania's SB 603 would require state ID to view lawful adult content online. EFF, EPIC and ACLU warn of breach and surveillance risk. - [ACLU Sues San Diego and SDPD to Shut Down City's 500-Camera Flock Network](https://myprivacy.blog/aclu-sues-san-diego-sdpd-over-automated-license-plate-readers/) — 2026-10-01 — ACLU Foundation of San Diego sues the city and SDPD over 500 Flock license-plate cameras, citing wrongful arrests and California's constitutional right to… - [Fourth Circuit Rules Cell-Site Simulator Tracking Is a Search. Qualified Immunity Means It Doesn't Matter.](https://myprivacy.blog/court-just-found-cell-site-simulator-tracking-search-but-one/) — 2026-10-01 — The Fourth Circuit found warrantless StingRay tracking unconstitutional in Andrews v. Baltimore Police. Qualified immunity still means no damages for two… - [Ex-Michigan Assistant Coach Accused of Hacking 3,300 Athletes' Accounts](https://myprivacy.blog/ex-michigan-assistant-coach-sued-over-alleged-abuse-athletic-program/) — 2026-10-01 — A lawsuit says ex-Michigan coach Matt Weiss hacked 3,300 athlete accounts using data from an athletics platform, alleging the university's indifference… - [San Francisco Shortens Flock Camera Data Retention After 1.6 Million Improper Searches](https://myprivacy.blog/san-francisco-mayor-proposes-new-rules-curb-surveillance-tech-misuse/) — 2026-10-01 — San Francisco cut Flock ALPR data retention to 30 days after a report found 1.6 million improper searches. EFF and ACLU say the reform doesn't go far enough. - [A Texas Lawyer's Cert Petition Asks the Supreme Court to End Warrantless Border Phone Searches](https://myprivacy.blog/border-cellphone-searches-head-supreme-court-texas-petition-actually-argues/) — 2026-09-30 — A Dallas attorney's Supreme Court petition could resolve whether border agents need a warrant to search phones — and redefine Fourth Amendment rights… - [Warnock and Britt Tell DOJ Flock's Self-Policing Model Has Failed. They Want Guardrails by Oct. 21.](https://myprivacy.blog/bipartisan-senators-warnock-britt-demand-flock-oversight-their-bill-would/) — 2026-09-30 — A bipartisan letter from Sens. Warnock and Britt gives DOJ until Oct. 21 to answer how it will police ALPR misuse, citing 50 officer cases and no federal… - [DHS Fusion Centers Are Tracking the Activists Who Track Flock Cameras Back](https://myprivacy.blog/dhs-monitoring-activists-who-track-flock-cameras-back/) — 2026-09-29 — Fusion center records show DHS is monitoring SparrowMap and anti-Flock social media activity, raising First Amendment questions about surveilling lawful… - [Google's €403m GDPR Fine Took Six Years. Ireland Has Collected €20m of €4.5bn Total.](https://myprivacy.blog/googles-403m-gdpr-fine-ireland-six-years-delay-bought-regulators/) — 2026-09-29 — Google was fined €403m by Ireland's DPC over location data after a six-year inquiry. The fine is real, but collection is not — only €20m of €4.5bn in DPC… - [A Texas Lawyer's Supreme Court Petition Could Decide Whether Your Fourth Amendment Rights Depend on the Airport You Land In](https://myprivacy.blog/border-phone-searches-reach-supreme-court-texas-case-could-settle/) — 2026-09-28 — A Dallas immigration lawyer's Supreme Court petition challenges CBP and ICE's warrantless phone searches, exposing a deep circuit split over Fourth… - [Grindr's £26m UK Settlement Shows What Sensitive Health Data Is Actually Worth](https://myprivacy.blog/grindrs-26m-hiv-data-settlement-sensitive-health-data-sharing-actually/) — 2026-09-28 — Grindr agreed to pay £26m to settle a UK lawsuit over sharing users' HIV status with ad analytics firms. Here is the timeline, the numbers, and what it means. - [ShinyHunters Claims a Mass Breach of FBI Personnel Data — What's Confirmed](https://myprivacy.blog/shinyhunters-claims-mass-breach-fbi-employee-data-whats-confirmed-so/) — 2026-09-25 — ShinyHunters claims a breach exposing FBI agent and applicant data via an Oracle PeopleSoft flaw. Here's what's confirmed, disputed, and at stake. - [ShinyHunters Says It Breached the FBI. Here's What's Actually Verified.](https://myprivacy.blog/shinyhunters-fbi-employee-data-claim-whats-verified-bureau-races-investigate/) — 2026-09-24 — ShinyHunters says it breached the FBI and stole employee data. Here's what 404 Media, Reuters and the FBI have actually confirmed — and what remains only… - [CBP Won't Deny Using Facial Recognition to Flag Sex Workers at the Border](https://myprivacy.blog/cbps-facial-recognition-onlyfans-models-border-search-exception-gets-weirder/) — 2026-09-24 — CBP declined to deny using facial recognition to flag sex workers entering the U.S., raising questions about biometric surveillance and immigration morality… - [Flock's Gunfire Microphones Meet Its License-Plate Cameras. That Pairing Is a New Fourth Amendment Problem.](https://myprivacy.blog/flocks-gunfire-detection-adds-new-fourth-amendment-fight/) — 2026-09-23 — Flock Safety's gunfire microphones auto-surface nearby ALPR hits, raising a new Fourth Amendment question for lawful gun owners and carry permit holders. - [The UK Wants Phones Scanned Before Encryption. Here's What That Precedent Would Actually Change](https://myprivacy.blog/uks-plan-search-phones-before-encryption-would-actually-change/) — 2026-09-23 — The UK Home Office wants Apple and Google to scan phones for nude images before encryption. Here's the legal mechanism, the precedent, and what it means. - [Border Cellphone Searches Just Got a Court Blessing. Here's What It Means for Signal and Telegram](https://myprivacy.blog/border-cellphone-searches-just-got-court-blessing-means-encrypted-messaging/) — 2026-09-22 — The Second and Fourth Circuits joined a growing list of courts allowing suspicionless phone searches at the US border. Here's what it means for Signal,… - [DHS Used an Obscure Customs Law to Secretly Surveil Journalists and Unions. Lawmakers Want Answers.](https://myprivacy.blog/dhs-used-obscure-law-secretly-surveil-journalists-unions-lawmakers-demand/) — 2026-09-22 — DHS used 19 USC 1509, a customs statute, to obtain journalists' and unions' records without judicial review, after judges rejected warrant requests.… - [San Jose Fired an Officer for Abusing Flock's ALPR Database. No One Was Charged.](https://myprivacy.blog/san-jose-police-officer-fired-abusing-flock-license-plate-database/) — 2026-09-17 — San Jose fired an officer for abusing Flock ALPR data to help a domestic-violence suspect find his accuser. A legal loophole meant no criminal charges followed. - [Decatur Officer Placed on Leave Over Alleged Flock Camera Misuse, Joining a Growing National Pattern](https://myprivacy.blog/decatur-police-officer-placed-leave-over-alleged-flock-camera-misuse/) — 2026-09-17 — Decatur police placed an officer on leave over alleged Flock camera misuse, joining dozens of similar cases nationwide raising oversight concerns. - [DOJ Wants a LinkedIn User's Records. A Secrecy Order Is Hiding the Fight.](https://myprivacy.blog/doj-seeks-reporters-linkedin-records-secretive-first-amendment-fight/) — 2026-09-17 — LinkedIn challenges a sealed DOJ demand and secrecy order at the Fourth Circuit, echoing past DOJ leak-probe subpoenas targeting journalists' records. - [ClarityCheck Left Over 9 Million Facial Images Exposed Online](https://myprivacy.blog/claritycheck-database-breach-exposes-over-9-million-facial-images/) — 2026-09-17 — ClarityCheck exposed 9 million facial images in an unsecured database. A researcher found it, WIRED confirmed it, and lawyers are now investigating BIPA claims. - [ICE Moved the Agents. The Judge's Order Against Retaliation Stayed Behind.](https://myprivacy.blog/ice-retaliated-against-ohio-videographer-judge-said-stop-so-ice/) — 2026-09-16 — ICE transferred six of seven officers accused of retaliating against an Ohio ICE watcher, then asked a judge to vacate the TRO protecting him. Here's what… - [Who Benefits? Running the AI 'Kill Switch' Debate Through a Regulatory-Capture Test](https://myprivacy.blog/who-benefits-kill-switch-regulatory-capture-argument-surveillance-question/) — 2026-09-16 — AI safety proposals — evaluators, licensing, incident reporting, kill switches — tested for regulatory capture. Who they bind, who they exempt, and what it… - [While Cable News Argues About AI Extinction, the Surveillance Build-Out Is Getting Less Scrutiny, Not More](https://myprivacy.blog/while-cable-news-argues-about-ai-extinction-surveillance-build-out/) — 2026-09-15 — The AI extinction debate dominates cable news while contractors read ChatGPT logs and Flock's camera network expands with far less public scrutiny.