Giles Bruce reports: HHS has dropped its appeal of a lawsuit from the American Hospital Association over the use of data trackers on hospital websites. The federal health agency had appealed a judge’s decision that HHS’ Office of Civil Rights could not prohibit hospitals and health systems from deploying so-called pixel tracking technology on their public-facing websites….
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Minnesota and Rhode Island Pass Comprehensive Privacy Legislation
Lindsey Tonsager, Conor Kane, and Olivia Vega of Covington and Burling write: Minnesota and Rhode Island are the latest states to pass comprehensive privacy legislation, joining a number of states who have enacted similar laws. This blog post summarizes the statutes’ key takeaways. Minnesota On May 19, 2024, the Minnesota legislature passed HF 4757, an omnibus…
Backyard Privacy in the Age of Drones
Hannah Zhao writes: Police departments and law enforcement agencies are increasingly collecting personal information using drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition to high-resolution photographic and video cameras, police drones may be equipped with myriad spying payloads, such as live-video transmitters, thermal imaging, heat sensors, mapping technology, automated license plate readers, cell site…
Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats
Thomas Claburn reports: Software designed to address legitimate business concerns about cyber security and compliance treats employees as threats, normalizing intrusive surveillance in the workplace, according to a report by Cracked Labs. The report, titled “Employees as Risks” – released today by the Vienna-based non-profit – explores software from Microsoft and formerly from Forcepoint – specifically…