Update of June 15: My tweets about the situation described below resulted in Iron Mountain’s Twitter team contacting their internal team, who called me. As of yesterday afternoon, the patient records that had supposedly been securely destroyed more than a year ago were finally securely destroyed. I was also told by customer service that the…
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UK: Genetic paparazzi are right around the corner, and courts aren’t ready to confront the legal quagmire of DNA theft
Liza Vertinsky and Yaniv Heled write: Every so often stories of genetic theft, or extreme precautions taken to avoid it, make headline news. So it was with a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting at opposite ends of a very long table after Macron declined to take a Russian PCR COVID-19 test. Many speculated that Macron…
DEL: Medical privacy bill threatens parental rights, GOP reps say
Charles Meggenson reports: All 15 Republican state representatives have taken a stand against a bill they say is designed to usurp parental authority. House Bill 400, sponsored by Rep. Krista Griffith, D-Fairfax, would allow dependents on insurance policies – adults and children – to receive “confidential sensitive health care services” without notifying the policyholder. Read…
Bipartisan draft bill breaks stalemate on federal data privacy negotiations
Rebecca Kern reports: Congress has tried and failed for decades to pass a law to protect Americans’ data privacy. A bipartisan draft bill released today by key Congressional leaders suggests lawmakers are finally close to making it happen. If it becomes law, the “American Data Privacy and Protection Act,” as the bill is called, would…