Utah Bill Looks to Tighten Grip on Facial Recognition Use
The proposal out of the Senate is the latest in a string of efforts to limit the use of the technology in Utah. Allegation of misuse first surfaced in 2019, kicking off a long-running conversation about guardrails. Shutterstock/Legacy Images
In response to privacy concerns regarding Utah’s use of facial recognition software by law enforcement agencies, the state’s Senate recently approved a bill to prevent law enforcement from scanning the drivers’ license database using facial recognition technology unless they’re investigating high-level crimes.
In 2019, the
Washington Post published an article about a report by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology stating that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) allegedly scanned driver’s license photos to search for a wanted person at the request of out-of-state interests, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FB
Changing Times, Funding Threaten Connectivity in Rural Texas
As state subsidies for Internet and phone service access for rural Texans hang in the balance, rural telephone service providers are staring down the barrel of substantial funding cuts. Shutterstock/Pavel Ignatov
As wireless providers move towards using data instead of voice calls, the Texas Universal Service Fund (TUSF), which is responsible for offsetting the high cost of connecting Texans across the state, has reduced payments received by rural telephone providers by 66 percent.
In response to this decrease, rural telephone providers, which are now facing financial uncertainty, filed a suit in Travis County District Court against the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), which oversees the fund.
How Berkeley, Calif., Pivoted to Remote Work & Telehealth
As part of a larger plan to modernize its IT systems, Berkeley, Calif., has partnered with Nutanix to revamp its IT infrastructure to support upwards of 700 remote employees and provide telehealth opportunities.
As part of an effort to revamp its IT infrastructure, Berkeley, Calif., in partnership with Nutanix, has implemented new software to increase scalability, opening up new doors for remote work and telehealth options.
Prior to implementing the new technology, the city’s infrastructure consisted of a three-tier platform that was unreliable and unscalable, according to Savita Chaudhary, the city’s IT director.
DeRusha, a cybersecurity official on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and the former cybersecurity chief for the state of Michigan, has been appointed federal chief information security officer.
App-based drivers and a major labor union are pushing back against Proposition 22 with a lawsuit in California s Supreme Court that claims the proposition is unconstitutional.