Kirsten Errick reports: On Friday, Amazon Flex Driver Drickey Jackson alleged that Amazon “wiretapp(ed) the electronic communications of Amazon Flex Drivers’ closed Facebook groups,” according to a class action complaint filed in the Souther District of California. The complaint noted that “in addition to its own drivers, Amazon contracts out to over 800 service delivery partners. These…
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Google and Apple are banning technology for sharing users’ location data
Mitchell Clark reports: You may have never heard of the company X-Mode Social, but its code may be in some of the apps on your phone, tracking and selling your location data. Now, Google and Apple are trying to put a stop to it. According to a Wall Street Journal article, the tech companies have told…
U.S. health officials propose changes to medical privacy rules to smooth info sharing in crises
AP reports: Urged on by hospitals, doctors and patients, U.S. health officials are proposing changes to medical privacy rules that could ease information sharing in crisis situations. Trump administration officials at the Department of Health and Human Services say their proposal, being released Thursday, adapts lessons learned from the opioid epidemic and the coronavirus pandemic….
Muslim Men Can Sue FBI Agents Over No-Fly List: SCOTUS
Mark Sherman of AP reports: A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable. The justices continued a string of decisions friendly to religious interests in holding that the men could…