Via FourthAmendment.com: HIPAA doesn’t create a reasonable expectation of privacy in one’s blood sample obtained for medical treatment. HIPAA recognizes criminal process to obtain it. Consuelo v. State, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 8460 (Tex. App. – Dallas Oct. 27, 2020).
Category: Laws
UK: ICO takes enforcement action against Experian after data broking investigation
A particularly noteworthy press release from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) orders the credit reference agency Experian Limited to make fundamental changes to how it handles people’s personal data within its direct marketing services. The enforcement notice follows a two-year investigation by the ICO into how Experian, Equifax and TransUnion used personal…
Which Privacy Protections Apply? HIPAA, FERPA and COVID-19
Elizabeth G. Litten of FoxRothschild writes: A recent conversation with a colleague in California prompted me to write this. He said that as part of its back-to-school plan, his children’s elementary school district “highly encouraged” that all students be tested for COVID-19 before returning to class. The district provided families with an in-home saliva test…
China Releases First Draft of Personal Information Protection Law
Covington & Burling have published a client advisory that will be of interest to many readers. It begins: On October 21, 2020, the National People’s Congress (“NPC”), China’s top legislative body, released its first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law (the “Draft Law”) for public comment (official Chinese version available here). The period for…