Lola Duffort reports: Surveillance testing has been touted by Vermont officials as a cornerstone of its Covid-19 mitigation efforts in K-12 schools. But only a little more than one-third of Vermont’s public school districts and a quarter of its private schools will have actually begun testing by the end of September, according to figures provided…
Category: U.S.
One U.S. state stands out in restricting corporate use of biometrics: Illinois
Michael Berens reports: When night fell, a clerk at a bustling 24-hour MotoMart flipped a switch from behind the counter. Electromagnetic locks sealed the doorway. A window sign, now illuminated in red, warned “facial recognition technology in use” and directed customers to “look up at the camera.” […] Just a few miles away, across the…
Business Associates Beware: You May Need To Vaccinate Staff Under Recent Biden Executive Order
Elizabeth G. Litten of Fox Rothschild writes: President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021 (the “EO”) that will lead to required COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds. This covers approximately 50,000 health care providers across the country. The EO also triggers COVID-19 vaccination requirements for…
Spy in Disguise
Trevor Aaronson reports: Craig Monteilh was no stranger to federal agents. A hulking man who’d spent much of his teenage and adult years as an amateur bodybuilder, Monteilh had once made a living ripping off drug dealers. One time, in 1986, the deal went bad, and Monteilh found himself sitting across the table from agents with…