Bill Toulas reports: Roughly two-thirds of test digital vaccination applications commonly used today as safe passes and travel passports exhibit behavior that may put users’ privacy at risk. The risks are substantial as these apps are required for large populations worldwide, allowing hackers an extensive target base. […] Symantec’s team looked into 40 digital vaccine…
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HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy
March 2, 2021 HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) stands with transgender and gender nonconforming youth and their families—and the significant majority of expert medical associations—in unequivocally stating that gender affirming care for minors, when medically appropriate and necessary, improves…
Texas Airbnb cabin owner ‘secretly took 2,000 videos of guests naked and having sex on hidden camera disguised as wifi router’
Chris Bradford reports: A HOTEL owner allegedly took more than 2,000 videos and images of guests naked and having sex on a hidden camera. The device was found inside one of the rooms of Airbnb host A Jay Allee’s secluded Texas cabin and was apparently made to look like a power adapter for a router, police said….
German court rules: CEO to be held personally liable for data privacy violations
Christoph Werkmeister reports: In a recent German case, a court decided that a CEO was personally liable for a data privacy breach after they hired a detective to investigate possible criminal acts by the plaintiff. Given the potential risks, this case raises a number of issues for companies and their boards to consider. This is…