Natalie Hanson reports: A federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval of Facebook parent company Meta’s agreement to pay $725 million to a class of millions of people whose personal information was harvested in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Meta Platforms agreed this past December to pay $725 million to settle claims by its users that the social-media…
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Idaho Is About to Become Even MORE Extreme on Abortion
Alanna Vagianos reports: Idaho already has some of the most extreme abortion restrictions on the books, with nearly all abortions banned in the state and an affirmative defense law that essentially asserts any doctor who provides an abortion is guilty until proven innocent. And now Idaho Republicans have set their sights on hindering certain residents from traveling out…
Kansas High Court Affirms Abortion Access Still ‘Fundamental Right’
John Hanna reports: Kansas’ highest court signaled Monday that it still considers access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution, as an attorney for the state argued that a decisive statewide vote last year affirming abortion rights “doesn’t matter.” The state Supreme Court is considering exactly how far the Republican-controlled Legislature can go…
FTC Focuses on Pixel Tracking, and Not Just at Healthcare Companies
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently took enforcement action against digital healthcare companies for sharing user information vie third-party tracking pixels, which enable the collection of user data. At the start of the year, the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights issued its own bulletin with guidance regarding…