Jennifer Johnson, Layth Elhassani, Jayne Ponder, Andrew Longhi, Tyler Holbrook, Lindsay Brewer, James Yoon, and Nira Pandya of Covington and Burling write: As 2021 comes to a close, we will be sharing the key legislative and regulatory updates for artificial intelligence (“AI”), the Internet of Things (“IoT”), connected and automated vehicles (“CAVs”), and privacy this…
Category: U.S.
The Kid Surveillance Complex Locks Parents in a Trap
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…
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…