Dan Cooper, Anna Oberschelp de Meneses, Paul Maynard, and Diane Valat ofCovington and Burling write: This post is the first of a series of blog posts about the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”), which was adopted on July 18, 2022, and it deals specifically with those provisions of the DMA that are relevant to organizations’ privacy…
Category: Laws
Under New Order, Europeans Can Complain to U.S. About Data Collection
David McCabe reports: President Biden on Friday signed an executive order giving Europeans the ability to protest when they believe their personal information has been caught in America’s online surveillance dragnet, a key step toward reaching a broader agreement over the flow of digital data. The order puts new restrictions on electronic surveillance by American…
California Leads on Reproductive and Trans Health Data Privacy
Matthew Schwartz writes: In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, anti-choice sheriffs and bounty hunters will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can expect similar tactics from state officials who claim that parents who allow their transgender youth to receive gender-affirming health care should be investigated…
Amendment to CMIA Regarding Mental Health and Mental Health Apps
Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, and Cecilie E. Read of JacksonLewis write: California passed Assembly Bill (AB) 2089, which amends the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) to include mental health application information under the definition of medical information. Under the revisions to CMIA, mental health application information is defined as information related to a…