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LAPD pioneered predicting crime with data. Many police don’t think it works - Los Angeles Times - 2 mai 2020
The Los Angeles Police Department took a revolutionary leap in 2010 when it became one of the first to employ data technology and information about past crimes to predict future unlawful activity. Other departments around the nation soon adopted predictive policing techniques.
But the widely hailed tool the LAPD (...)
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LAPD to end controversial program that aimed to predict crime - Los Angeles Times - 23 avril 2020
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announced Tuesday that, in light of financial constraints caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the department would stop using a controversial program that predicts where property crimes could occur throughout the city.
Critics say the predictive-policing program, called (...)
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AB 5 is already changing how Uber works for California drivers and riders - Los Angeles Times - 6 mars 2020
For years, Uber drivers have had a few requests. They’ve wanted to be able to see where passengers were going before agreeing to take them. They’ve wanted to know exactly how much Uber was keeping from each fare. Above all, they’ve wanted to make more money.
Uber’s frequent response, when it deigned to respond at all (...)
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Ad industry seeks to delay new California data privacy law - Los Angeles Times - 3 février 2020
Some of the advertising industry’s biggest trade associations are asking California’s attorney general to delay enforcement of the state’s new privacy law.
Starting Jan. 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act required most companies with websites and customers in the state to implement new data collection standards (...)
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California is rewriting the rules of the internet. Businesses are scrambling to keep up - 30 décembre 2019
A sweeping new law that aims to rewrite the rules of the internet in California is set to go into effect on Jan. 1.
Most businesses with a website and customers in California — which is to say most large businesses in the nation — must follow the new rules, which are supposed to make online life more transparent (...)
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Riot Games will pay $10 million to settle gender discrimination suit - 3 décembre 2019
Riot Games agreed to pay out at least $10 million to women who worked at the company in the last five years as part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit over alleged gender discrimination, according to court documents filed Monday.
The suit began in November 2018 when two women who had worked at the Los (...)
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Should the LAPD use drones ? Here’s what’s behind the heated debate - 11 août 2017
For more than three years, a pair of drones donated to the Los Angeles Police Department was locked away, collecting dust after a public outcry over the idea of police using the controversial technology.
Seattle police saw a similar backlash when they wanted to use the devices, grounding their drone program (...)
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Apple records and keeps users’ Siri queries for up to 2 years - 15 mai 2013
Siri isn’t just a pretty voice with the answers. It’s also been recording and keeping all the questions users ask.
Exactly what the voice assistant does with the data isn’t clear, but Apple confirmed that it keeps users’ questions for up to two years. Siri, which needs to be connected to the Internet to function, (...)
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Drones are taking to the skies in the U.S. - 22 février 2013
Federal authorities step up efforts to license surveillance aircraft for law enforcement and other uses, amid growing privacy concerns.
While a national debate has erupted over the Obama administration’s lethal drone strikes overseas, federal authorities have stepped up efforts to license surveillance drones for (...)
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Twitter stores full iPhone contact list for 18 months, after scan - 16 février 2012
Twitter Inc. has acknowledged that after mobile users tap the "Find friends" feature on its smartphone app, the company downloads users’ entire address book, including email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers for 18 months. The company also said it plans to update its apps to clarify (...)
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Pfc. Bradley Manning to appear in court in WikiLeaks case - 17 décembre 2011
The Army analyst is accused of releasing classified U.S. military reports and diplomatic cables the critics say did harm to U.S. troops and allies.
When U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning walks into a military court Friday in Maryland, his many supporters and detractors will get their first glimpse of the soft-spoken (...)
