Malaika Fraley writes: In a win for medical privacy in the Empire State, the New York Legislature has passed a pivotal bill that protects people’s private immunity information like COVID-19 vaccine status from being used to track their movements and be used against them in unauthorized ways. The Electronic Frontier Foundation advocated for the bill, now headed to…
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Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites
Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information By: Todd Feathers, Simon Fondrie-Teitler, Angie Waller, and Surya Mattu A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor’s appointments—and sending it to…
French data protection authority publishes Q&A regarding use of Google Analytics
Patrice Navarro and Julie Schwartz of Hogan Lovells write: Following complaints from the NOYB association regarding the use of the Google Analytics audience measurement solution, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) had issued several formal notices to French companies using this solution on their websites. These decisions were issued in the context of other decisions…
Changing Landscape of State Privacy Laws
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP writes: State-level momentum to enact data privacy laws is at an all-time high as the internet and new technologies continue to raise privacy questions. Family businesses of all sizes rely on technology and may be regulated by state data privacy laws. Below, we provide a brief overview of the comprehensive privacy…