Saad Gul and Michael Slipsky of Poyner Spruill LLP write: The coronavirus, officially COVID-19, is the most significant public health emergency in decades. The virus, believed to have originated in Wuhan, has expanded with astonishing rapidity. Despite government efforts, it has arrived in the United States. At the time of writing, 14 Americans have died….
Category: Laws
Senators Push Sneaky Anti-Privacy Bill
J. D. Tuccille writes: A cabal of unsavory U.S. senators have introduced a long-anticipated measure that would pressure tech companies to weaken protections for communications privacy in the guise of a measure aimed at child porn. While the bipartisan bill, S.3398, never mentions the word “encryption,” it makes online companies liable for information exchanged by their…
Dutch Privacy Regulator Fines Tennis Association for Selling Personal Data Without Proper Consent
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Tell me, don’t sell me, the GDPR version. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has imposed a fine of 525,000 euros on tennis association KNLTB for selling personal data without proper consent. In 2018, the KNLTB unlawfully provided personal data of a few hundred thousand of its members to…
Doctors now have automatic access to Vermonters’ health records
Katie Jickling reports: On March 1, thousands of Vermonters’ medical records became available to doctors, even for patients who have not given consent for their records to be shared. The new sharing policy went into place Sunday for records on the statewide health information exchange, a database run by Vermont Information Technology Leaders. Previously, Vermonters…