Geoffrey A. Fowler writes: Amazon has a new low-price health service called Amazon Clinic. For as little as $30, you can message online with a clinician from an Amazon partner who will write you a prescription for anything from covid-19 to herpes. But there’s a hidden cost to Amazon’s Clinic: your privacy. This is how…
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Colorado Supreme Court hears first-of-its-kind challenge to police’s use of Google search terms to ID murder suspects
Shelly Bradbury reports: The Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday grappled with privacy and freedom of speech concerns as the justices heard a legal challenge to a controversial new law enforcement technique that Denver police used to identify the three teenagers accused of killing five people in a house fire three years ago. The groundbreaking legal…
Going Beyond HIPAA – Washington Health Privacy Law Enacted: Broad Reach, Amorphous Scope, Big Litigation Risk
Jonathan Mollod and Ryan P. Blaney of Proskauer write: Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed multiple healthcare privacy-related bills, including the enactment of Washington’s “My Health My Data Act” (House Bill 1155) (or the “Act” or MHMDA”), which bolsters privacy protections around the collecting, sharing and selling of “consumer health data.” In brief, the MHMDA: (1)…
Kr: New Eraser Service Empowers Children and Adolescents to Control Their Online Personal Information
Unofficial translation Press release April 24, 2023 On April 24, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) launched the “Eraser Service” pilot project, also known as the “Right to Be Forgotten Pilot Project for Children and Adolescents” to provide digital natives, specifically children and adolescents, with greater control over personal information. With this new service, children…