Cyd Harrell reports: SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I got a text from a parent friend. “It’s so sweet,” she wrote, “your daughter is sad about her project and mine is being so great comforting her.” Both 11-year-olds were in their respective after-school programs at different schools at the time, so I was puzzled. When I asked how…
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FTC Finalizes Order Banning Stalkerware Provider from Spyware Business
The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order banning a stalkerware provider and its CEO from the surveillance business to settle allegations the company secretly harvested and shared data on people’s physical movements, phone use, and online activities. In a complaint first announced in September 2021, the FTC alleged that Support King, LLC, which did business…
HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Extreme Risk Protection Orders
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is issuing guidance to help clarify how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule permits covered health care providers to disclose protected health information to support applications for extreme risk protection orders that temporarily prevent…
Federal Study Acknowledges Failures in Police Surveillance Oversight
Federal Study Acknowledges Failures in Police Surveillance Oversight For years researchers have called out the Wiretap Report for being outdated and incomplete By: Alfred Ng There are major flaws in how the federal government monitors police surveillance of Americans, a new government report found, representing the first time the federal court system has acknowledged its…