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Aug 9 • 12 tweets • 9 min read
Today's Privacy News: the #StopShotSpotter week of action, Amazon buys Roomba (what could possibly go wrong?), Facebook DMs lead to a teen being prosecuted for having an abortion ... and much much more.

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The @stopshotspotter coalition and groups including @ACREcampaigns @mediajustice @FreedomtoThrive @MPower_Change and @lucyparsonslabs have a week of action.

One way to get involved: sign the petition and tell ShotSpotter to stop selling surveillance.

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Find out more! Thursday, at 4:30 pm Pacific (7:30 pm Eastern), is The People’s Earnings Call, with organizers from campaigns across the country, to talk about how ShotSpotter business financially impacts our communities.

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And speaking of surveillance companies, Amazon's buying iRobot, maker of Roombas. What could possibly go wrong? @kharijohnson has an excellent article on Wired.

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@evan_greer of @fightfortheftr: “People tend to think of Amazon as an online seller compan
In privacy after Roe, @ebakerwhite and @SarahNEmerson report that Nebraska police got a search warrant for a Nebraska teenager's Facebook messages and charged her with an illegal abortion.

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@LJSPeterSalter originally broke the story for @JournalStarNews. Local journalism FTW!

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As @FoxCahn of @STOPSpyingNY points out, Facebook's failure to encrypt user data to protect pregnant people in states that have criminalized enforcement is indefensible.

stopspying.org/latest-news/20…
On federal privacy legislation, @AlanInDC and @CaitrionaFitz of @EPICprivacy make the case on @techpolicypress for preventing states from passing strong consumer privacy protections.

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And the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to support @RepSaraJacobs ‘My Body, My Data’ Act to protect reproductive health data, as Elizabeth Ireland reports in @TimesofSanDiego

timesofsandiego.com/politics/2022/…
We've got dozens more links in today's newsletter, including stories in India's recently-withdrawn privacy law, facial recognition smartwatches monitoring immigrants in the UK, and much much more.

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And oops, one more important link: Wednesday at 11:00 am Pacific time (2:00 pm Eastern) @DanielSolove leads an all-star set of speakers to discuss the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). Register here!

teachprivacy.com/webinar-federa…

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Aug 10
Pass the popcorn! We're only a few minutes away from the webinar #PrivacyTwitter has been waiting for with bated breath! And talk about an all-star cast ...
Some quick background: the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) is the first federal consumer privacy bill to make it through committee this century. It's a huge milestone! But its prospects going forward are unclear.

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Aug 10
One out of six ain't good: Five ways the American Data Privacy and Protection Act falls short. #ADPPA

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As @omertene points out, @ACLU_NorCal opposed California's current privacy bill when it was on the ballot in 2020.

So did @ColorOfChange, @DoloresHuerta, and quite a few immigrant rights groups.

How many of the California bill's weaknesses they talked about does ADPPA address?

I looked at the ballot argument against Prop 24, the rebuttal argument, and @ACLU_NorCal's "Californians Should Vote No on 24"

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Aug 8
The Opportunity and the Elephant: Federal Privacy Legislation Update, August 8

As Congress leaves DC for a four-week recess, it's a good time to look at what's up with federal privacy legislation.

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- the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
- ADPPA, the consumer privacy bill
- the Children and Teens Online Privacy Act (CTOPPA)
- Health and Location Data Privacy Act
- My Body My Data

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The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act probably has the best chance to pass this session. @justinhendrix has a good summary of the strong bipartisan support at its House Judiciary hearing.

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Jul 28
We'll be live-tweeting the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA, aka @CalPrivacy) Board's special meeting today discussing proposed federal privacy legislation, including the ADPPA, starts at 9:00 am Pacific time.

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Let's start with some background.

Here's our update on ADPPA from earlier in the week.

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ADPPA's current version overrides California's privacy law, CRPA - and current and future privacy laws in all 50 states.

CPPA, CA's AG and Governor, @EFF, @ACLU_NorCal, @AsmBuffyWicks all oppose this.

Here in Washington, so does our AG and Indivisible groups across the state
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Jul 27
Good morning! Starting at 7 am (Pacific time), it's the @SenateCommerce_ markup on bipartisan children's privacy legislation! You can watch the livestream at commerce.senate.gov/2022/7/executi…
There are two bills on the agenda today.

S. 1628, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (CTOPPA, sometimes called COPPA 2.0 because it updates the Childs Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA), is sponsored by @SenMarkey and @SenBillCassidy

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And S. 3663, Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is sponsored by @SenBlumenthal and Senator Blackburn (@VoteMartha)

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Jul 26
ADPPA Advances. But what about the elephant?

Federal privacy legislation update, July 26

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Last week, the House Energy & Commerce Committee advanced the American Data Protection and Privacy Act (ADPPA).

It's the first time this century a consumer privacy protection bill has made it out of committee in Congress, so congrats to all involved!
ADPPA's next step is a vote by the full House, probably not until September. This discussion between @AttorneyNora of @freepress, @JustinBrookman of @ConsumerReports, and @justinhendrix has some good perspectives on the bill's prospects.
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