Nicole Acevdeo reports: A nurse in Florida has been fired after posting photos of a baby born with a birth defect on social media, according to hospital officials. Officials at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami first learned of the incident on Sept. 8, Lidia Amoretti, a hospital spokesperson, told NBC News in an email…
Category: Breaches
TikTok’s $92M Privacy Settlement Approved After Lawyers Revise Class Notice
Amanda Bronstad reports: A federal judge has approved a $92 million privacy settlement with TikTok months after questioning a notice program that would have reached less than 2% of its users. In a Thursday order granting preliminary approval, U.S. District Judge John Lee of the Northern District of Illinois wrote that the notice program’s digital media campaign alone was…
Biometric Privacy Suit Against Senior Living Company to Proceed
Jake Holland reports: A senior living home chain must face claims it violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act after an Illinois federal judge found the plaintiff had properly stated a claim under the law. Plaintiff Sharon Brandenberg’s BIPA claims against Meridian Senior Living LLC aren’t preempted or time-barred, so the lawsuit may proceed, Judge Sue E….
Brit law firm files suit against Google and Deepmind over use of hospital patients’ data
Lindsay Clark reports: A UK law firm is bringing legal action on behalf of patients it says had their confidential medical records obtained by Google and DeepMind Technologies in breach of data protection laws. Mishcon de Reya said today it planned a representative action on behalf of Mr Andrew Prismall and the approximately 1.6 million individuals whose…