Jenny Whilde and Alice Farrell write: Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like genetic lineage, gender, and health risks, according to our new research. […] We also collected air samples from a room in our wildlife veterinary hospital in Florida. People who…
Category: U.S.
TSA is testing facial recognition at more airports, raising privacy concerns
Rebecca Santana and Rick Gentilo of AP report: A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. The screen flashes “Photo Complete” and the person walks through — all without having to hand over their identification to the TSA…
Tennessee Enacts Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Bill, Texas Legislature Passes Texas Data Privacy and Security Act
More states are passing or enacting state privacy laws that are called “comprehensive,” but are they really? TENNESSEE Jason C. Gavejian & Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis write: On May 11, 2023, Tennessee’s Governor signed Senate Bill 0073, the Tennessee Information Protection Act, making the state the eighth state to pass consumer privacy legislation. Tennessee joins…
Privacy Law Is Devouring Internet Law (and Other Doctrines)…To Everyone’s Detriment
Eric Goldman writes: What does “privacy” mean? It’s a simple question that lacks a single answer, even from privacy experts. Without a universally shared definition of privacy, scholars have instead attempted to “define” privacy by taxonomizing problems that they think should fit under the privacy umbrella. However, this taxonomical approach to defining “privacy” has no…