The announcement appeared on the Telegram channel of a group calling themself “SiegedSec:” TIME FOR SOME 1337 H4CKTIVISM!!! (4 the record, we will still do blackhat stuff Like many, we are also pro-choice, one shouldn’t be denied access to abortion. As added pressure to the U.S government, we have leaked many internal documents and…
Category: Healthcare
EFF’s Statement on Dobb’s Abortion Ruling
By Cindy Cohn and Corynne McSherry Today’s decision deprives millions of people of a fundamental right, and also underscores the importance of fair and meaningful protections for data privacy. Everyone deserves to have strong controls over the collection and use of information they necessarily leave behind as they go about their normal activities, like using…
Your Health Data Might Be for Sale
Justin Sherman reports: The leak of the draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade has prompted numerous stories about the privacy of health data. For instance, Vice reported that data broker SafeGraph was collecting and selling the GPS locations of people who visited abortion clinics—in many cases, likely without their knowledge. There have also been numerous concerns raised about period tracking apps and other technologies…
This Children’s Hospital Network Was Giving Kids’ Information to Facebook
When parents scheduled an appointment for their children on the Nemours page, Facebook received that information By: Alfred Ng and Simon Fondrie-Teitler One of the largest pediatric networks in the country was sending personal information about children and their parents to Facebook, The Markup found. Nemours Children’s Health, which serves nearly half a million families…