From EPIC.org: Christine Wilson, one of four current members of the Federal Trade Commission, said Friday that she is open to using the FTC’s rulemaking authority to regulate data privacy. “I would hope that Congress will act, but if Congress doesn’t act, maybe we do spend that time,” Politico quoted Commissioner Wilson as saying during a Silicon Flatirons event. EPIC has…
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Major hospital systems plan to share anonymous data on millions of patients through Seattle startup
Heidi Groover reports: Providence and about a dozen other major health-care systems across the country said Thursday they will join in a venture “unprecedented” in scope to share anonymized patient data in hopes of supporting research and better understanding medical conditions and treatments. The health-care systems will co-own a private Seattle-based startup company called Truveta…
1st Circuit Upholds Border Searches of Phones and Laptops
Thomas Harrison reports: Border agents can turn on a U.S. citizen’s laptop, phone or other digital device, scroll through the data and then confiscate it for weeks even if they don’t have any reason to suspect that the owner is guilty of a crime, the First Circuit ruled Wednesday. “Given the volume of travelers passing…
Ancestry says it fought two police requests to search its DNA database
Zack Whittaker reports: Consumer genomics company Ancestry has confirmed it fought two U.S. law enforcement requests to access its DNA database in the past six months, but that neither request resulted in turning over customer or DNA data. The Utah-based company disclosed the two requests in its latest transparency report covering the latter half of 2020. The…