A longtime trooper’s allegations regarding a secretive state police intelligence unit demand answers.
privacy
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Transparency, oversight necessary for police use of high-tech surveillance
In Maine, police say they don’t even have to tell us whether they are using facial recognition, much less how they guard against misuse.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Internet service providers sue Maine over privacy law
The law, which passed last year and is set to take effect in July, requires companies to get opt-in consent from customers before their data can be shared.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Google faces privacy probe in EU over location tracking
The investigation will look into its processing of data and the transparency surrounding it.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Britain takes big steps to protect kids’ privacy, but the U.S. is lagging
New standards would require companies ranging from social networks to gaming apps to provide children a “built-in baseline of data protection.”
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
Portland schools, city continue work on body camera negotiations
The police chief stressed a desire to start using the cameras right away at a board meeting in November, but school officials say there is no firm timeline for working out an agreement governing the rules for their use.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Portland should ban face-scanning software – now
This technology exists not to protect us but to track us, making it incompatible with our nation’s ideas about freedom and liberty.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Internet privacy law is a good first step, but much more needs to be done
Protecting Mainers online calls for regulating websites, social media platforms and data brokers, not just internet service providers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Portland right to put the brakes on surveillance tech
Police cameras in the schools and use of facial recognition software represent erosions of privacy that should not be taken lightly.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine, federal lawmakers should rein in facial surveillance
We need strong policies to keep the powerful technology from being misused.