M.D. Kittle reported on June 10: The Evers administration is free to disclose private medical information from businesses thanks to Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn, the conservative in name only who once again sided with Big Government liberals on the court. In a 4-3 ruling, the majority agreed with the liberal District IV Court of Appeals, the…
Category: Laws
House Passes Chairman Nadler’s NDO Fairness Act
June 21 -Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7072, the NDO Fairness Act, which will protect the due process rights of all Americans in the face of excessive government surveillance and data collection. This bipartisan legislation, which passed by voice vote, was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman Scott…
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…
Colorado Privacy Act: The Cannabis Industry Prepares for Enforcement
Jeremy Meisinger of Foley Hoag LLP writes: As we wrote last year, Colorado is among the vanguard of privacy-focused states—including California, Washington, and Virginia—to adopt significant state-level privacy legislation. One year out from enforcement of the Colorado Privacy Act (which begins on July 1, 2023), businesses should begin to put their compliance frameworks in place, as some of…