Alaina Lancaster reports: In a case over Facebook’s alleged use of plug-ins to catalog users’ browsing histories in order to sell that data, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that plaintiffs have standing to sue over an alleged infringement of privacy rights covered in the Wiretap Act, Stored Communications Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act….
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Judge orders McHenry County Department of Health to disclose names of coronavirus patients to emergency dispatchers
Robert McCoppin reports: A judge has ordered that the McHenry County Department of Health divulge the names of coronavirus patients to emergency dispatchers so police know who has the virus when they respond to emergency calls, prosecutors said. State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally’s office filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of the sheriff. After the…
UK government using confidential patient data in coronavirus response
Paul Lewis, David Conn and David Pegg report: Technology firms are processing large volumes of confidential UK patient information in a data-mining operation that is part of the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to documents seen by the Guardian. Palantir, the US big data firm founded by the rightwing billionaire Peter Thiel, is…
Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
From Apple’s announcement on April 10: All of us at Apple and Google believe there has never been a more important moment to work together to solve one of the world’s most pressing problems. Through close cooperation and collaboration with developers, governments and public health providers, we hope to harness the power of technology to…