Erin Brodwin reports: The clinical provider for Amazon Care, the tech giant’s virtual-first medical platform, is quietly gearing up to do business in 17 additional states, according to public documents viewed by STAT. Read more on STAT (Sub. required) Typo in author’s name corrected.
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Inside ‘TALON,’ the Nationwide Network of AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
Joseph Cox reports: “Give your neighborhood peace of mind,” an advertisement for Flock, a line of smart surveillance cameras, reads. A February promotional video claims that the company’s “mission is to eliminate nonviolent crime across the country. We can only do that by working with every neighborhood and every police department throughout the country.” Quietly, this…
Virginia Becomes the Second State with a Comprehensive Privacy Law
Kyle Dull, Kyle R. Fath, and Patrick Waldrop of BakerHostetler write: Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the second state with a comprehensive privacy law. The CDPA is inspired by both the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation and takes effect Jan. 1, 2023…
Hawley asks FBI director about consumer data collected in Capitol riot investigation
Bryan Lowry reports: Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray about data the bureau has collected from banks, cellular companies and social media platforms in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. […] Hawley’s questioning focused on data the bureau has collected in its investigation — rather than on the causes…