Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild writes: In prepared remarks last week, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser explained the expected rulemaking process for the state’s new privacy act. Here is how it should work: Q2 2022: Public consultation: “Over the next few months, we look forward to hearing from Colorado consumers, businesses, and other stakeholders. During this…
Category: U.S.
How a decades-old database became a hugely profitable dossier on the health of 270 million Americans
Casey Ross reports: To most Americans, the name MarketScan means nothing. But most Americans mean everything to MarketScan. As a repository of sensitive patient information, the company’s databases churn silently behind the scenes of their medical care, scooping up their most guarded secrets: the diseases they have, the drugs they’re taking, the places their bodies…
Mass. lawmakers advance digital privacy bill
Pranshu Verma reports: Massachusetts state lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a digital privacy bill that would give residents more control over their online personal information. The legislation could spark a debate over digital privacy rights and alter how businesses use and profit from such data. The legislation, called the Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act, passed…
Fed authorities hire ‘data brokers’ to steal data
Dave Moore writes: As if hacker losses from identity theft weren’t bad enough, federal and local police continue to evade Constitutional search and seizure limitations by hiring crooks to steal the personal records of innocent citizens. Starting somewhere around the early to mid 2000’s, numerous federal agencies, including the departments of Justice, Homeland Security, the…