Marie Daly of Covington and Burling writes: Nine million texts are sent daily in Ireland, a huge increase on when the first text was sent in 1992. All are subject to the data retention and access regime currently in place under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011. That regime has now been given the…
Category: Laws
Lawsuit Brings Allegations of HIPAA Violation Against Prisma Health
Kendall Heebink writes: A plaintiff filed suit against defendant Prisma Health and third party defendant RevMD Partners LLC on Monday in the District of South Carolina. The complaint for damages and injunctive relief cites violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Read more at Law Street Media….
Other privacy news of note…
A smattering of news aggregated by Joe Cadillic this past week: 7-Eleven stores sued for using Clickit facial recognition to ID customers: https://csnews.com/7-eleven-faces-class-action-suit-over-collection-biometric-customer-data http://www.clickitinc.com/ Compass and 365 Retail Vending Machines settle $6.8M biometric collection lawsuit: https://fingerscanvendingsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BryantCompass_Notice.pdf LexisNexis Acquires Behavioral Biometric Company BehavioSec: https://risk.lexisnexis.com/global/en/about-us/press-room/press-release/20220503-behaviosec Video doorbells can record conversations from 25 feet away: “Whether you’re standing…
Connecticut Legislature Passes Comprehensive Privacy Bill
Jayne Ponder, Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter & Alexandra Scott of Covington and Burling write: The Connecticut legislature passed Connecticut SB 6 on April 28, 2022. If signed by the governor, the bill would take effect on July 1, 2023, though the task force created by the bill will be required to begin work sooner. The…