Privacy News & Issues
Libbie Canter & Elizabeth Brim of Covington and Burling write: 2024 was an incredibly busy year for health privacy. As the year draws to a close and we look ahead to 2025, we share several areas that we are watching in the coming year, which we expect to be similarly busy with federal- and state-level…
Suzanne Smalley reports: Texas’ attorney general has accused the data broker Arity, which sells individual drivers’ behavior data to insurers, of sharing consumers’ information without clear notice or consent. The case is the latest Texas action highlighting how data protections can get murky when consumers use apps that track their behavior. In the past six weeks, six…
Rosemary Westwood reports: A nonprofit watchdog is asking Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill to investigate whether a New Iberia crisis pregnancy center broke state law after it appeared to post the full names, last menstrual periods, and other personal health information of 13 clients online, despite claiming that it follows federal health privacy laws. In…
Suzanne Smalley reports: Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit data brokers from selling or transferring location and health data and provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with $1 billion for enforcement. The bill also would give the FTC, state attorneys general and victims of data broker abuses the right to sue brokers for…