Jennifer Gollan of ProPublica reports: Online pharmacies that sell abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google and other third parties, which may allow law enforcement to prosecute those who use the medications to end their pregnancies, a ProPublica analysis has found. Using a tool created by the Markup, a nonprofit tech-journalism newsroom, ProPublica ran checks on…
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U.S. AI, IoT, CAV, and Privacy Legislative Update – Fourth Quarter 2022
Anna Hevia, Jayne Ponder, Olivia Dworkin, Jennifer Johnson, Nicholas Xenakis, Hensey A. Fenton III, Madeline Salinas, and Jorge Ortiz of Covington and Burling write: This quarterly update summarizes key legislative and regulatory developments in the fourth quarter of 2022 related to Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), the Internet of Things (“IoT”), connected and autonomous vehicles (“CAVs”), and…
Section 230 Protects Services That Permit Anonymous Third-Party Posts–Bride v. Snap
Eric Goldman writes: This case involves two “anonymous messaging” apps, Yolo and LMK. Both allegedly target teens audiences. “Plaintiffs allege they received harassing messages in response to their benign posts on Defendants’ applications and did not receive comparable messages on other platforms in which user identities were revealed.” Both apps allegedly were not responsive enough…
Pending Virginia, West Virginia Bills Look to Protect Children’s Data
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: The Virginia legislature is considering looking at amending the state’s Consumer Data Protection Act to expand protections related to children’s data. Some key points in the bill: Child defined as under 18, not 13 COPPA compliance exemption is deleted Verified parental consent required for the collection, use or disclosure of…