Practice Fusion, a cloud-based electronic health record company, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it misled consumers by soliciting reviews for their doctors, without disclosing adequately that these reviews would be publicly posted on the Internet resulting in the public disclosure of patients’ sensitive personal and medical information. The settlement with the FTC will prohibit Practice…
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FTC Staff Provides Comment on FCC’s Proposed Privacy Rulemaking
The staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection filed a comment today with the Federal Communications Commission regarding the FCC’s proposed privacy rulemaking for broadband internet access service providers. In the comment, staff outlines the FTC’s extensive history of privacy enforcement, policy initiatives, and consumer and business education, and it commends the FCC for…
ACLU: Why We’re Supporting Microsoft’s Challenge to Secret Surveillance
Alex Abdo writes: A few weeks ago, Microsoft filed a landmark lawsuit challenging the excessive secrecy surrounding the government’s demands for the emails and other electronic communications of the company’s customers. Today, the ACLU has moved to intervene in Microsoft’s lawsuit—as one of Microsoft’s customers—to stand alongside the company in its fight. The lawsuit has the potential…
Future of national security whistleblowing at stake in US inquiry
Ewen MacAskill and Spencer Ackerman report: Former head of the CIA David Petraeus, in an interview published in the Financial Times on 6 May, was asked if Edward Snowden should be prosecuted. “Unquestionably,” said Petraeus. Leave aside the issue of hypocrisy – Petraeus shared classified information with his lover and was not charged with a felony –…