It’s so hard to keep up with news these days, so in case you missed these developments: Public Health Agency of Canada didn’t act transparently when it proposed to access, then eventually viewed, Canadians’ mobility data, the House of Commons’ Ethics committee heard in February. Read more at iPolitics. Yahoo shutters email service in China….
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Dozens of COVID passport apps put user’s privacy at risk
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…
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….