Andis Robeznieks, Senior News Writer for the American Medical Association (AMA), writes: Two federal agencies have proposed rules pertaining to health information technology that will have a significant impact on the exchange, access and use of all health care data. While there are elements in both that deserve support, there are also several problems—particularly when…
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Montana Supreme Court denies Krakauer access to education records
Eric Jochim of MTN News reports: The Montana Supreme Court has denied author Jon Krakauer access to education records he sought from the Montana University System. Justices overturned, in part, a lower court ruling granting Krakauer access to redacted records. […] Justices found in their second ruling “that a student’s enhanced privacy interest is not…
Wikipedia co-founder calls for social media strike over privacy issues
Hannah Frishberg reports: “Humanity has been contemptuously used by vast digital empires.” Thus begins Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger’s “Declaration of Digital Independence,” a new manifesto of sorts advocating for the decentralization of “Big Social Media.” He is asking for digital dissenters to sign it — and strike. In a separate blog post, Sanger calls for…
With a single wiretap, police collected 9.2 million text messages
Zack Whittaker reports: For four months in 2018, authorities in Texas collected more than 9.2 million messages under a single court-authorized wiretap order, newly released figures show. The wiretap, granted by a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas, was granted as part of a narcotics investigation and became the federal wiretap with the…