Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently took enforcement action against digital healthcare companies for sharing user information vie third-party tracking pixels, which enable the collection of user data. At the start of the year, the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights issued its own bulletin with guidance regarding…
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McDonald’s seeks ban to forbid confidential consumer information disclosure in voice data lawsuit
Anna Bradley-Smith and JJ Ko reports: McDonald’s should have to face claims it violates Illinois data protection laws by collecting customers’ voiceprints without their consent at its drive-thrus, plaintiff Shannon Carpenter has argued in response to McDonald’s attempt to have his lawsuit dismissed. Carpenter, who filed his class action lawsuit in April and recently had it…
Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban
This is a healthcare crisis that politicians have caused by their attempts to impose their will and beliefs on women. Do members of the Supreme Court who overturned Roe feel accountable at all, or do they tell themselves this is the states’ doing and the states have the right to do this? Gloria Oladipo reports:…
Iowa Passes Comprehensive Privacy Statute
Lindsey Tonsager, Jayne Ponder, Alexandra Scott, and Jorge Ortiz of Covington & Burling write: On March 15th, the Iowa legislature passed S.F. 262 (the “ICDPA”), making it the sixth U.S. state to pass a comprehensive state privacy statute. The Iowa statute most closely resembles the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”), though it also shares some similarities with…