Joyce E. Cutler reports: A lawsuit accusing Google LLC of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by accessing images collected and packaged by two other companies got a lukewarm reception from a federal judge in Silicon Valley. Judge Beth Labson Freeman with the US District Court for the Northern District of California noted Thursday that the…
Category: Laws
Senator Cassidy Issues White Paper with Proposals to Update Health Data Privacy Framework – Part 1: Updates to the HIPAA Framework
Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus, Elizabeth Brim, and Natalie Maas of Covington and Burling write: On February 21, 2024, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee, issued a white paper, “Strengthening Health Data Privacy for Americans: Addressing the Challenges of the Modern Era”, which proposes…
Chair Rodgers & Ranking Member Pallone Introduce Legislation to Protect Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries
The following is a press release issued yesterday by the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives: Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., (D-NJ) introduced H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, today. The Committee leaders’ bipartisan bill would…
Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional
Shaylee Ragar reports: Three Montana laws restricting abortion rights, including a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, have been struck down in court as unconstitutional. District Court Judge Kurt Krueger wrote in his ruling that the regulations attempt to impose severe burdens on abortion access without clear justification or credible evidence. The laws, passed by…