Venkat Balasubramani writes: Minors allege that Amazon’s Alexa service improperly stores or utilizes their voiceprints. The district court denied Amazon’s request to force arbitration of the claims based on the fact that the plaintiffs, who were minors, were not signatories (or had not agreed to) to the terms of service for the Alexa device. There…
Category: U.S.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauds Senate passage of bill to expand and strengthen address confidentiality program
April 22 – Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the Illinois Senate’s unanimous passage of his legislation to expand and strengthen Illinois’ Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) to include protections for survivors of human trafficking. The ACP is administered by the Attorney General’s office and currently provides survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, and members…
The Postal Service’s Social Media Surveillance Program Sends 100’s of Reports To Fusion Centers
Earlier this week, this site linked to a report by The Guardian about the U.S. Postal Service monitoring social media posts. Over on MassPrivateI, Joe Cadillic also had something to say about the revelations. “DHS has succeeded in turning the Postal Service into a clandestine government agency,” Joe writes. And he says we shouldn’t be…
New AMA resources aid physicians on information blocking rule
The American Medical Association (AMA) now offers newly developed online educational resources to help physicians navigate the complex federal regulation aimed at ending information-blocking practices that impede access, exchange or use of patients’ electronic health information. The federal regulation from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) took effect on April 5 and…