Kartikay Mehrotra reports: Meta Platforms Inc. failed to convince a federal appeals court to postpone the US Federal Trade Commission’s reexamination of alleged privacy breaches within its Facebook arm. The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that Meta “has not satisfied the stringent requirements” for an injunction pending appeal for any of…
Category: Business
How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can)
Thorin Klosowski writes: Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what’s being shared and with whom. A recent New York Times article highlighted how data is shared by G.M. with insurance companies, sometimes without clear knowledge from the…
Users say Glassdoor added real names to user profiles without their consent
Zack Whittaker reports: Users of the popular site Glassdoor, which lets anyone anonymously sign up to review companies they have worked for, say Glassdoor collected and added their names to their user profiles without their consent. One user, who goes by Monica, wrote in a post on her personal blog that Glassdoor added her name and…
HHS OCR Issues Updated Guidance on “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates”
From HHS OCR: On March 18, 2024, OCR revised its guidance on “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” to remind regulated entities and the public that the use of online tracking technologies is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach…