Parker McKenzie reports: Car manufacturers are engaging in a “privacy nightmare” by scraping sensitive user data and potentially selling it to unknown actors, according to a new report on the widespread terrible practices in the industry. Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included found 25 major car brands are “terrible at privacy and security” of user data, and their…
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Medtronic Sued for Allegedly Sharing Health Info with Google
Eric Wittgrove of Knobbe informs us of yet another tracking-related lawsuit involving health data: Medtronic Minimed, Inc. and Minimed Distribution Corp. (“Medtronic”) were sued in a class action complaint in the Central District of California on August 30, 2023, by users of Medtronic’s InPen® system. […] The complaint asserts that the Private Information improperly disclosed includes…
Lawsuit against Meta for collecting health info advances in federal court
Christopher Brown reports: Meta Platforms Inc. must face a proposed class action alleging it collected the personal health information of patients without their consent in violation of state and federal privacy laws and against its own privacy policies, a federal court ruled. Five anonymous plaintiffs allege in the consolidated lawsuit that Meta intercepted the health information…
FTC Finalizes Order with 1Health.io Over Charges it Failed to Protect Privacy and Security of DNA Data and Unfairly Changed its Privacy Policy
The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order with 1Health.io that settles charges that the genetic testing firm left sensitive genetic and health data unsecured, deceived consumers about their ability to get their data deleted, and changed its privacy policy retroactively without adequately notifying consumers and obtaining their consent. In a complaint first announced in June 2023, the…