Suzanne Smalley reports: The House passed a bill on Wednesday that would rein in the government’s ability to buy information about Americans from data brokers without a subpoena or warrant, with the vote coming in the face of intense backlash from Biden administration officials over national security concerns. The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act,…
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Feds to Review Privacy Practices of 10 Largest Airlines
Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild recently wrote: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) would undertake a privacy review of the nation’s ten largest airlines. Specifically, they will look at their policies and procedures as they relate to the collection, handling, maintenance and use of passengers’ personal information. “Airline passengers…
Proposed FTC Order Prohibits Telehealth Firm Cerebral from Using or Disclosing Sensitive Data for Advertising Purposes, Requires it to Pay $7M
April 15 – Cerebral, Inc. has agreed to an order that will restrict how the company can use or disclose sensitive consumer data and require it to provide consumers with a simple way to cancel services to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the telehealth firm failed to secure and protect sensitive health data. Under the…
FTC Finalizes Order with X-Mode and Successor Outlogic Prohibiting it from Sharing or Selling Sensitive Location Data
The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order prohibiting data broker X-Mode and its successor Outlogic from sharing or selling any sensitive location data to settle allegations that the company sold precise location data that could be used to track people’s visits to sensitive locations such as medical and reproductive health clinics and places of…