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Feb 13 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Today's Nexus of Privacy News Mega-Roundup: data brokers selling American's mental health data, state and federal #privacy legislation, news from across the pond ...

Here's a short thread of highlights. See the full newsletter for much more!

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Our top story: @itsjhk of @DukeCyberPolicy reports on data brokers buying and selling mental health data. @jshermcyber has a good summary here.

And @drewharwell has a good story in the @washingtonpost on the Duke report on data brokers buying and selling mental health data.

washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
The original version of Washington's proposed #MyHealthMyData (HB 1155) would have banned this practice. The watered-down substitute allows it, although requires an authorization -- some protection, but nowhere near as much as prohibiting it. #waleg

privacy.thenexus.today/a-watered-down…
On @themarkup, @JuliaAngwin's farewell post discusses Journalistic Lessons for the Algorithmic Age

themarkup.org/hello-world/20…
Researchers @HilkeSchellmann and @gianlucahmd report on algorithmic bias: tools from Microsoft, Amazon and Google tools tag photos of women in everyday situations as sexually suggestive.
@pulitzercenter has a good summary here
FISA Section 702, authorizing warrantless wiretapping, is up for renewal this year. @dnvolz reports that bipartisan opposition has intel agencies concerned that it'll be a hard sell.

wsj.com/articles/priva…
And @mpangel139 and @rcalo hae a very thought-provoking paper on "Distinguishing Privacy Law: A Critique of Privacy as Social Taxonomy"

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
As usual, there are lots more links in the full Nexus of Privacy newsletter -- so many that I'm calling this one a mega-roundup! Check it out at

privacy.thenexus.today/privacy-news-f…

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Feb 15
Coming up at 8:00 am: the Senate ENET committee hearing on SB 5356, regulating use of Automated Decision Systems (ADS) by government agencies. #waleg

Signins for the hearing: 793 Pro, 19 Con

Here's the live video stream.

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The 2021 Washington state ADS Workgroup report goes into a lot more detail. government agency leads, researchers (including me!), and representatives from advocacy organizations came up with consensus recommendations for a path forward.

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Jan 24
Staring at 10:30 am: the House Civil Rights & Judiciary hearing, incliuding #MyHealthMyData and the #ShieldLaw.

Live video stream: tvw.org/video/house-ci…

"A much more favorable environment", my #waleg privacy overview, has more about both these bills

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- requires opt-in consent before companies collect, use, or share data
- prohibits sales of health data
- restricts geofencing around health facilities
There's a good overview of #MyHealthMyData from @JessicaHrdcstle in @TheRegister
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Jan 23
The Senate Transportation committee's hearing on SB 5105 #DigitalDriversLicences starts at 4:00. I'll be live-tweeting. #waleg

Here's the video: tvw.org/video/senate-t…

And here's the "bill report", with a quick summary: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-…
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Jan 23
A much more favorable environment, but a lot of complexity: Washington state privacy legislation 2023

UPDATED with info about #PeoplesPrivacyAct and #ShieldLaw as well as #MyHealthMyData

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Nov 2, 2022
The Seattle Community Police Commission is discussing ShotSpotter at this morning's meeting. Public comment has just wrapped up. Now, @jennifer_e_lee from @ACLU_WA is presenting. #StopShotSpotter
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"ShotSpotter is giving them a license to hunt bodies. It's a waste of money. It's about control."
"I think more money can go into housing. Also, being put back into communities."

"We want to do things in partnership and this tech is opposite to that."
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Nov 1, 2022
Today's Nexus of Privacy Newsletter:
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Next Monday, November 7, @NoTech4Tyrants unveils their report on “Surveillance Technology Perpetuates Police Abuse of Power.”

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