From the good folks at EPIC.org: The Department of Justice has, after more than three years, finally begun to respond to EPIC’s request for cell phone surveillance orders issued by federal prosecutors. EPIC first requested copies of the orders in 2017 and then filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department in 2018 when the agency failed to…
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Facebook Starts Blocking Sensitive Medical Data Shared by Apps Over Privacy Concerns
AFP reports: Facebook has started blocking sensitive health information that third-party apps had been sharing with the social network in violation of its own rules, said New York officials who investigated the situation. Data fed into a Facebook analytics tool by app makers included medical diagnoses and whether users were pregnant, according to a report shared by New York…
Major hospital systems plan to share anonymous data on millions of patients through Seattle startup
Heidi Groover reports: Providence and about a dozen other major health-care systems across the country said Thursday they will join in a venture “unprecedented” in scope to share anonymized patient data in hopes of supporting research and better understanding medical conditions and treatments. The health-care systems will co-own a private Seattle-based startup company called Truveta…
Virginia Legislature Passes Comprehensive Privacy Law: The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act
Libbie Canter and Kayvan Farchadi of Covington & Burling write: The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (HB 2307 / SB 1392), introduced in the House of Delegates on January 20, passed both houses of Virginia’s state legislature on February 5 with large bipartisan majorities. This comprehensive privacy bill, which would take effect on January 1, 2023, follows…