Michael Gennaro reports: Hoping for a dismissal, Google told a federal judge Thursday that it did not deliberately track, collect and monetize private health information from health care websites and that it could not control if a third-party, such as a health care web provider, sent sensitive information to Google despite Google’s warnings. In a…
Category: Court
States Granted Leave to Oppose Clearview AI Privacy Settlement
Tonya Riley reports: A federal judge granted 22 states and the District of Columbia leave to file amicus briefs opposing a settlement to resolve claims that facial recognition company Clearview AI violated biometric privacy laws. A group of state attorneys general said the settlement has “severe flaws that undermine consumers’ fundamental right to privacy and…
Hospital Must Provide Pre-Complaint Discovery in Privacy Breach Case, Pa. Judge Rules
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…
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…