Riley Brennan reports: The Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas granted pre-complaint discovery in a breach of privacy action, compelling a Pennsylvania hospital to produce internal privacy rules and an electronic health record audit trail. In a Dec. 11 decision, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Carmen D. Minora partially granted the plaintiff’s request…
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DNA Testing Provider Sued Over Genetic Data Sent to Meta, Google
Cassandre Coyer reports: Genetic testing company Gene by Gene Ltd. was hit with a proposed class action accusing it of sharing the DNA testing results of more than 10,000 customers with Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. without their knowledge or consent. Gene by Gene, which conducts business as FamilyTreeDNA, deployed tracking tools—often called pixels—on its website to share…
Texas Sues New York Doctor, Challenging Abortion Provider Shield Laws
Jennifer Calfas and Laura Kusisto report: Texas is suing a New York-based doctor for allegedly prescribing abortion pills through telemedicine to a patient from the Lone Star state. The lawsuit is believed to be the first challenge to laws designed to shield doctors in states with abortion protections from legal challenges elsewhere. Texas Attorney General Ken…
Massachusett’s Supreme Judicial Court tosses warrantless secret video recording
by Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth Beacon December 4, 2024 Tthrew cold water on police use of a popular covert recording technology, ruling unanimously over Thanksgiving week that cell phone video taken of a suspect during a drug investigation without a warrant violates Massachusetts’ 1968 wiretap law. Massachusetts has one of the strictest anti-wiretap laws in the…