Andis Robeznieks, Senior News Writer for the American Medical Association (AMA), writes: Two federal agencies have proposed rules pertaining to health information technology that will have a significant impact on the exchange, access and use of all health care data. While there are elements in both that deserve support, there are also several problems—particularly when…
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Following in San Francisco’s footsteps, a Massachusetts city has now banned facial recognition
Caroline Haskins reports that Somerville, Massachusetts is now the second U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition in public spaces. The “Face Surveillance Full Ban Ordinance,” which passed through Somerville’s City Council on Thursday night, forbids any “department, agency, bureau, and/or subordinate division of the City of Somerville” from using facial recognition software…
Maine Enacts Broadband Privacy Law
Seen on Covington & Burling’s Inside Privacy: Earlier this month, Maine’s legislature enacted a new statute granting broad privacy rights to internet users in the state. Hailed as “the strictest consumer privacy protections in the nation,” the statute places among the toughest burdens on regulated entities to protect the data of their consumers. The statute…
French consumer group sues Google for data privacy breach
RFI reports: A French consumer group said Wednesday it is suing tech company Google for illegally farming personal data in breach of EU data privacy laws. The class action suit was filed to “end the insidious exploitation of users’ personal data, particularly those using Android devices with a Google account, and compensate them for up…