From the folks at EPIC.org: In advance of a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security’s use of facial recognition technology. EPIC urged Congress to suspend the use of facial recognition for mass surveillance. EPIC explained that an individual’s ability to control disclosure of identity “is an essential aspect of personal security and privacy.” EPIC provided to the House…
Category: Laws
That’s Your Opinion, but is it Personal Data?
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Are opinions about someone personal data? Ireland’s Data Protection Commission explains. Key takeaways: An opinion can include personal data. If the opinion is not recorded — GDPR does not apply. If made or recorded for someone’s “purely personal or household” activities, with no connection to a professional or commercial activity,…
BULLETIN: HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus — from HHS OCR
In light of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing this bulletin to ensure that HIPAA covered entities and their business associates are aware of the ways that patient information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy Rule in…
Oklahoma Bill Would Prohibit Email Scanning
Ray Schultz reports: A privacy bill that addresses email only has been introduced in the Oklahoma State Legislature. House Bill 2810, the so-called Oklahoma Email Communication Content Privacy Protection Act, would prohibit email service providers from scanning subject lines or the body of any email communication sent to its users, and from letting any other…