Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently took enforcement action against digital healthcare companies for sharing user information vie third-party tracking pixels, which enable the collection of user data. At the start of the year, the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights issued its own bulletin with guidance regarding…
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Facial recognition is helping Putin curb dissent with the aid of U.S. tech
A Reuters review of more than 2,000 court cases shows how Russia uses facial recognition to identify and sweep up the Kremlin’s opponents. Lena Masri reports: Andrey Chernyshov had just entered a Moscow metro station on his way to an anti-war protest last May, when police officers stopped him, informed him he was on a…
McDonald’s seeks ban to forbid confidential consumer information disclosure in voice data lawsuit
Anna Bradley-Smith and JJ Ko reports: McDonald’s should have to face claims it violates Illinois data protection laws by collecting customers’ voiceprints without their consent at its drive-thrus, plaintiff Shannon Carpenter has argued in response to McDonald’s attempt to have his lawsuit dismissed. Carpenter, who filed his class action lawsuit in April and recently had it…
Prince Harry in UK court for privacy case against Daily Mail publisher
Reuters reports: Britain’s Prince Harry made a surprise appearance at London’s High Court on Monday as he and six other high profile figures began their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail paper over years of alleged phone-tapping and privacy breaches. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated…