Marianne Kobasuk McGee reports: A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Flo Health, a fertility-tracking mobile app maker, unlawfully shared sensitive user data with Google, Facebook and two other software vendors, who are named as co-defendants in the legal dispute. The lawsuit comes on the heels of a recent settlement between Flo Health and the Federal…
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CBS4 Investigates: Miami Hospital Dealing With Invasion Of Privacy Issue, Disturbing Photos Of NICU Baby Posted On Nurse Sierra Samuels’ Social Media
Brooke Shafer reports: Jackson Memorial Hospital is dealing with a disturbing invasion of privacy issue after pictures of a baby born with a birth defect in their neonatal intensive care unit were posted on an employee’s social media account. Jackson Health System said that the employee is now on administrative leave. Read more on CBS4….
BGI prenatal gene test under scrutiny for Chinese military links
Clare Baldwin and Kirsty Needham report: Health regulators in five countries are examining a prenatal test that collects the DNA of women and fetuses for research, while some doctors that promoted it and clinics that sell it say they were unaware the company that produces it also conducts research with the Chinese military. The test,…
AU: ‘Breach of trust’: Police using QR check-in data to solve crimes
Anthony Galloway reports: The nation’s privacy watchdog has called for police forces to be banned from accessing information from QR code check-in applications after law enforcement agencies have sought to use the contact-tracing data on at least six occasions to solve unrelated crimes. There are also growing calls from backbench MPs and civil liberties groups…