Consumer Protection

45+ min ago   (120+ words) There are now several scams circulating around not only Beaufort County but also the country and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office wants citizens to remain aware of them, a spokesperson said. One of those is known as the financial institution…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (170+ words) Recommendations from previous reports have been implemented “in principle”, said the defence ministry. + The Russia affair in the Swiss secret service: ‘This is espionage’ The former FIS cyber unit had been dealing with incidents and reports since 2001. These included allegations…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (425+ words) The Texas Department of Transportation has suspended approvals for Flock cameras along state-owned roadways. At Gov. Greg Abbott’s direction, the Texas Department of Transportation suspended the issuance of permits for Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers on state-owned…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (810+ words) Amid a swell of public backlash against Flock Safety cameras, Mayor Danny Avula has directed Richmond police to purge their license plate reader data every week instead of every 21 days. The retention policy change is one of four actions Avula…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (162+ words) What happens when surveillance, property damage, and conscience collide in the jury box. As public concern and distrust have soared, we have seen in recent months “vandals” descending on these cameras like angels in the night and dismantling them, which…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (60+ words) The Patriot Ledger Flock cameras, raises and statues on Quincy City Council agenda QUINCY ‒ The Quincy City Council will talk about public art spending, elected officials' pay and greater transparency from Mayor Tom Koch on issues such as Flock cameras…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (336+ words) Municipalities and public agencies can deploy technology designed to verify that critical video footage remains unaltered. Public agencies will be able to deploy video authentication technology through SWEAR’s new Community Video Integrity Project, which focuses on verifying the integrity of…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (435+ words) The Fair Trade Commission chief said his agency will respond strongly to corporate maneuvers to hide behind court orders to halt investigations. Korea’s antitrust watchdog said a court-ordered halt to its inspection of Coupang is “extremely serious” as it vowed…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago   (521+ words) MPs on Monday pushed back hard against a government request for the release of €146,000 for a software application matching ID cards with unpaid traffic fines at checkpoints. The government wants the €146,000 to be released so that it can then pay…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1436+ words) A growing number of U.S. jails are moving beyond periodic checks of people in custody toward continuous physiological and video-based monitoring, creating a new layer of correctional technology before common rules have emerged for how the resulting data should be stored,…...