Five companies have reached settlements with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, which establishes a process to allow companies to transfer consumer data from European Union countries to the United States in compliance with EU law. In separate actions, the FTC alleges that management…
Category: Govt
HealthEngine Under Fire for Profiting from Disclosure of Patient Information
Cameron Abbott and Michelle Aggromito of K&L Gates write: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking on Australia’s largest online health marketplace, HealthEngine. In return for a fee, HealthEngine provided without adequate disclosure, patient information to nine private health insurance brokers. The MedTech platform functions as an online booking service for many health…
3rd Circuit finds TSA checkpoint staff conduct “searches” and can be sued for misconduct
From Papers, Please! By a vote of 9 to 4, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has found that TSA checkpoint staff are “officers or employees” of the Federal government who “execute searches… for violations of Federal law”, and therefore that the US government is subject to private lawsuits for damages for certain intentional torts…
EFF Sues DHS To Uncover Information About Border Agents Using GPS Devices Without a Warrant To Track Vehicles
The following is a press release from EFF: Washington, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agencies today to obtain information about the agencies’ warrantless use of global positioning system (GPS) devices to track vehicles entering the U.S. In 2012, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in a…