Liisa Thomas and Harrison Schafer of SheppardMullin write: The FTC recently settled with a surveillance app operator over allegations that the company facilitated the secret harvesting of personal information. According to the FTC, the main users of Support King, LLC’s “SpyFone” app were bad actors who used the tool to remotely monitor users’ physical and digital activities. The…
Category: Govt
Customs & Border Protection ordered to disclose social media surveillance rules
Nicholas Iovino reports: U.S. Customs and Border Protection cannot withhold information on its rules for authorizing agents to use fake identities and nongovernment accounts to spy on social media users, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Government lawyers had argued that disclosing the information would reveal sensitive law enforcement techniques that could help criminals elude justice. Read more…
We can’t release medical records of ‘missing but found woman’ now – Administrator of Takoradi Hospital
I’m not sure I understand how they could release even the number of visits or approximate dates, but I am not expert on Ghana’s medical privacy laws and exceptions. Modern Ghana reports: The Administrator of the Takoradi Hospital, Rev. Osei Boateng, says the facility is holding in confidence the medical records of Josephine Panyin Mensah,…
Business Associates Beware: You May Need To Vaccinate Staff Under Recent Biden Executive Order
Elizabeth G. Litten of Fox Rothschild writes: President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021 (the “EO”) that will lead to required COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds. This covers approximately 50,000 health care providers across the country. The EO also triggers COVID-19 vaccination requirements for…