Lobbying records uncovered by the I-Team show Facebook has repeatedly listed the New York SHIELD Act as one of the bills upon which it seeks to influence Albany lawmakers. The SHIELD Act is a proposed reform that would classify biometric data -- including facial scans -– as private information in New York. Currently, biometric data is not considered private under state law, and companies that collect biometrics -- like finger print scans, retina scans, and facial scans -- don’t have to tell if hackers breach their datasets. The SHIELD Act, now before the state legislature, would install tough new data security requirements for companies like Facebook that collect and use scans of facial features. “To me, and I think to a lot of people, I would consider my biometric information my most private data,” said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. “Right now, if you walk into a store and they’re scanning your faces and putting it in a … [Read more...] about I-Team: Facebook Sought to Influence NY Bill Regulating Facial Scan Data
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NY police: Bus driver didn’t brake before hitting overpass
Updated 1:34 pm, Monday, April 9, 2018 Now Playing: Police in Long Island, New York say a charter bus driver may not have known about rules restricting commercial vehicles before hitting a bridge and cutting off the top of his bus. He was driving teens home from a trip. Six were seriously hurt. (April 9) Media: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the driver of a charter bus full of high school students didn't brake before hitting an overpass on a Long Island parkway where commercial traffic is prohibited. State police Major David Candelaria told a news conference on Monday that the driver apparently was unaware of the restriction despite roadside signs warning about it. A sign posted by the state on the overpass in Lakeview, New York, says the clearance is 7 feet, 7 inches. The height of the bus was believed to be about 12 feet. Two 17-year-old girls were hospitalized with serious injuries from the Sunday night crash. The group had arrived at Kennedy … [Read more...] about NY police: Bus driver didn’t brake before hitting overpass
NY high school students injured when bus strikes overpass
Updated 10:12 pm, Sunday, April 8, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-7', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 7', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Kevin Hagen, AP Image 1of/7 CaptionClose Image 1 of 7 A bus that was carrying teenagers sits on the side of the roadway after it hit an overpass on the Southern State Parkway in Lakeview, N.Y., Sunday, April 8, 2018. The charter bus carrying teenagers returning from a spring break trip struck a bridge overpass on Long island, seriously injuring several passengers and mangling … [Read more...] about NY high school students injured when bus strikes overpass
NY Sneakers Super-Fan, 5, Meets Halsey and Shops For Kicks
A 5-year-old girl from the Hudson Valley got to fulfill two big wishes for her birthday: meeting singer Halsey and going on her favorite YouTube show about sneakers. Luna Stracci is a big fan of the show Sneaker Shopping, in which Complex magazine’s Joe La Puma takes artists and athletes to sneaker stores around the U.S. She was watching an episode featuring Halsey with her dad Joe Stracci when she got the idea to create her own version of the show in her family’s garage in Cold Spring, New York. Joe Stracci tweeted at La Puma: “[email protected] Made the mistake of watching a few Sneaker Shopping eps with my 4 year-old. Now she insists on us ‘making’ our own episodes. Have to do the whole thing—intro, stories, picking out what to buy. The @halsey ep blew her mind. Hope I’m doing you justice.” La Puma responded: “She has to come to a taping soon!” As did Halsey: “I will personally fund travel / accommodations / AND the cost of … [Read more...] about NY Sneakers Super-Fan, 5, Meets Halsey and Shops For Kicks
Metal object in fatal NY police shooting was a welding torch
Updated 7:46 am, Friday, April 6, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-9', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 9', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: AP Image 1of/9 CaptionClose Image 1 of 9 This photo provided by the New York Police Department shows a metal object at the scene where police officers fatally shot a man who was reported to be threatening people with a gun, which turned out to be a metal pipe that police mistook for a firearm, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Saheed Vassell, 34, was killed Wednesday April 5, … [Read more...] about Metal object in fatal NY police shooting was a welding torch