Patricia Manson reports: A man’s wish to conceal the fact that he lost an arm in a fireworks accident does not transform that fact into protected confidential information, a federal judge held. In a written opinion, U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman of the Northern District of Illinois declined to revive Omero Ortiz’s claims that two…
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New US Privacy Law May Give Telecoms Free Pass on $200 Million Fines
Joseph Cox reports: The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), a new federal privacy bill that has actually a chance of becoming law, is designed to introduce new privacy protections for Americans. But it may also have the side effect of wiping out $200 million worth of fines proposed against some of the country’s biggest telecommunications companies as part…
‘Ask all the time: why do I need this?’ How to stop your vacuum from spying on you
Katie Cunningham reports: This month, Amazon inked a deal to acquire smart vacuum company iRobot – the makers of Roomba – for a tidy US$1.7bn. As some see it, if the purchase goes through, that should worry us. “It’s all about the data,” says David Vaile from the Australian Privacy Foundation. Privacy advocates such as Vaile are concerned the…
Kochava Fights FTC Action Over Health-Site Mobile Data Sales
Andrea Vittorio reports: Mobile advertising firm Kochava Inc. is suing the Federal Trade Commission to challenge an enforcement action brought over its alleged sale of location records that could reveal people’s travel to abortion clinics or other health care facilities. The commission can’t use the FTC Act to go after Kochava for past practices, the…