Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project Center for Human Rights and Global Justice NYU School of Law June 2022 The beginning of the Executive Summary: Governments around the world are designing or implementing digital identification systems, often with biometric components (digital ID). The spread of these systems is driven by a new development consensus…
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House Passes Chairman Nadler’s NDO Fairness Act
June 21 -Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7072, the NDO Fairness Act, which will protect the due process rights of all Americans in the face of excessive government surveillance and data collection. This bipartisan legislation, which passed by voice vote, was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman Scott…
This Children’s Hospital Network Was Giving Kids’ Information to Facebook
When parents scheduled an appointment for their children on the Nemours page, Facebook received that information By: Alfred Ng and Simon Fondrie-Teitler One of the largest pediatric networks in the country was sending personal information about children and their parents to Facebook, The Markup found. Nemours Children’s Health, which serves nearly half a million families…
What is Meta Pixel, the code detected on health system websites in NC and beyond?
Nadia Bey reports: Four of North Carolina’s largest health care providers sent patient information to Facebook through a tool called Meta Pixel, a recent news report revealed, raising concerns about privacy breaches. On Friday, a class action complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco alleged a health data breach. It accuses Meta, Facebook’s owner,…