Bennett Cyphers writes: The third-party cookie is dying, and Google is trying to create its replacement. No one should mourn the death of the cookie as we know it. For more than two decades, the third-party cookie has been the lynchpin in a shadowy, seedy, multi-billion dollar advertising-surveillance industry on the Web; phasing out tracking cookies and…
Category: U.S.
Florida is the Latest State to Consider Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
And now Florida? Glenn A. Brown and Christina Lamoureux of Squire Patton Boggs write: The Florida state legislature is considering a sweeping data privacy bill introduced by Governor Ron DeSantis in February. House Bill 969 is the latest state provision to follow in the footsteps of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the California Privacy…
SMARTWATCH Act and AHRQ’s Inquiry
Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus, and Shane Rogers of Covington and Burling write: Two recent actions by lawmakers are intended to address certain uses of technology in health. First, two Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill related to the collection and use of identifiable health data from wearable health trackers. Second, following an appeal from…
Random Covid testing of students is a reasonable search under special needs doctrine
FourthAmendment.com summarizes a court opinion that will be of interest to many parents: Assuming random Covid testing of NYC school children is a Fourth Amendment search, the court applies Vernonia School District 47J and special needs and finds it reasonable. Aviles v. De Blasio, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38930 (S.D. N.Y. Mar. 2, 2021 Hall…