Christopher Brown reports: Federal regulators are taking aim at the information walls between health-care providers and the social services sector as part of their effort to reduce health disparities, Micky Tripathi, the nation’s top Health IT official, said Thursday. Linking health care providers with social services organizations through health information technology will allow patients to…
Category: Laws
Shutterfly Illinois Biometric Privacy $6.75M Class Action Settlement
Top Class Actions reports: Shutterfly has agreed to $6.75 million settlement benefiting certain Illinois consumers who say they appear in photos on the site in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The Class includes Illinois residents who appear in a photograph maintained on Shutterfly at any time between June 11, 2014, and the date…
Maine law restricts facial recognition technology statewide
AP reports: A bill touted as the country’s strictest statewide regulation on the use of facial recognition technology has become law in Maine. While several states regulate facial recognition as a surveillance tool, the Maine law represents a broad prohibition of the technology at the state, county and municipal government levels, with limited exceptions for…
Ph: A Stronger Data Privacy Law Sought in Proposed Amendments
From the office of the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines: Amendments to Republic Act No. 10173, known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA), are sought to strengthen the current law amid the digital transformation in the Philippines. During the 55th Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum, Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro said…