Suzanne Smalley reports: A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs. The Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the…
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Hospitals Accuse HHS of Double Standard Amid Pixel Privacy Row
Skye Witley reports: After nearly a year navigating the Biden administration’s efforts to push heath-care providers away from tracking technology that can associate website visitors with specific medical conditions, hospital associations alleged government agencies are still using those same tools in violation of the guidance. A quartet of hospital associations are challenging a December 2022 US Health…
Wrong legal interpretation in the health sector
Kevin Aquilina, Professor of Law, Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta writes about a decision in Malta: An interesting decree delivered by the Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Inquiry by Magistrate Dr Marse-Ann Farrugia on 30 August 2023 is that in the names of The Republic of Malta v. Abner George…
Court: No reasonable expectation of privacy in defendant’s social media accounts holding child porn
Over on FourthAmendment.com, John Wesley Hall notes this case in the Northern District of New York: In a child porn case, defendant can’t show a reasonable expectation of privacy in images in his social media account. “For example, Defendant has not attested as to how he used the social media accounts, what if any privacy…