Brielle Morgan reports: Families who were subjected to birth alerts deserve to know their personal information was shared between social workers and health care workers without their consent, says Cheryl Casimer. “First and foremost, those families need to be notified. And I think that there needs to be an apology that needs to be made…
Category: Govt
CA: Judge orders Alameda County to release nursing home COVID-19 data
Angela Ruggiero reports: Alameda County must release records to this news organization revealing how many people at nursing homes and other long-term congregate care facilities were infected with COVID-19 and how many died, as well as the names of facilities with confirmed cases, a judge has decided. Read more on Mercury News.
Flo Health App Fallout: HIPAA-like Breach Notification Rule Not Enforced by FTC
Elizabeth G. Litten of Fox Rothschild has a commentary on a proposed FTC settlement announced this week. There will be a 30-day comment period on the proposed settlement, so if you read Litten’s commentary and agree with the concerns, you may wish to submit a comment on the proposed settlement. Note that two commissioners also…
Guangdong authority orders Tencent, Xpeng, other tech firms to amend apps over cybersecurity concerns
Iris Deng reports: The communications authority in southern Guangdong province has cracked down on the operation of 209 apps, including seven run by internet giant Tencent Holdings and one from electric car maker Xpeng, over privacy and security concerns amid China’s renewed drive against misuse of consumer data. The Guangdong Communications Administration in November and…