Privacy News & Issues
Oops. Never hit “publish’ on this and just discovered it stilling in pending posts. AP reports: The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The justices heard arguments in November in Meta’s bid to shut down the lawsuit. On…
Kathryn Cahoy and Thea McCullough of Covington and Burling write: An Illinois federal court has held that the state’s recent amendment to its Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) capping damages to one recovery for repeated identical violations applies to cases filed prior to its enactment. Gregg v. Cent. Transp. LLC, 2024 WL 4766297, at *3 (N.D….
On October 23, a New York physician was charged with healthcare fraud for allegedly receiving kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. On November 14, Dr. Kenneth Fishberger, who had a medical practice in Port Jefferson, NY, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to the charging…
One particularly scary consequence of privacy breaches involves criminals obtaining a target’s personal information and then contacting law enforcement to file an “emergency” report that there is imminent violence at the person’s home or someone is behind held hostage. Law enforcement “swat” teams may then rush to the scene, and in tragic cases, innocent people…