There are so many webinars each week that I generally don’t sign up for them or post links to them, but this one really caught my eye because there have been so many recent changes at the state level. The New Breed of State Health Privacy Laws Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 2 PM ET…
Category: U.S.
Securly Sued Over Surveillance of Students on School Chromebooks
Christopher Brown reports: Securly Inc. collected and disclosed the geolocation data and video-watching histories of grade school students in violation of California privacy laws and the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, a new proposed federal class action said. Sheri Bate and Azucena Mejia alleged that Securly, a provider of tracking software to school systems for…
Instagram agrees to pay $68.5 million in Illiniois biometric privacy settlement
Talia Soglin reports: Millions of Illinois Instagram users may be eligible for a cut of a new $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement. The lawsuit alleges facial recognition technology used on the app until November 2021 violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law, which is considered the strictest in the nation. Any person who used Instagram while…
Bill That Would Force Internet Companies to Spy on Their Users for the DEA Headed to Senate Floor
Lucas Ropek reported: Internet drug sales have skyrocketed in recent years, allowing powerful narcotics to be peddled to American teenagers and adolescents. It’s a trend that’s led to an epidemic of overdoses and left countless young people dead. Now, a bill scheduled for a congressional vote seeks to tackle the problem, but it comes with a major catch. Critics…