Andrea O’Sullivan writes: Governments often tell their subjects that they must submit to surveillance programs to stay safe. Whether the boogeyman is terrorism, hate, or even health, government snooping on private data often violates our rights to privacy. But surveillance programs are unsafe on their own. Securing major sets of sensitive personal data is a…
Category: U.S.
New York bans facial recognition in schools until at least 2022
Colin Wood reports: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Tuesday making his state the first to ban the use of facial recognition technology and other biometric technology in both public and private K-12 schools. The new law places a moratorium on schools purchasing or using biometric technology until at least July 1, 2022…
2,000 Parents Demand Major Academic Publisher Drop Proctorio Surveillance Tech
Edward Ongweso Jr. reports: On Friday, digital rights group Fight for the Future unveiled an open letter signed by 2,000 parents calling on McGraw-Hill Publishing to end its relationship with Proctorio, one of many proctoring apps that offers services that digital rights groups have called “indistinguishable from spyware.” Proctorio has managed to quickly get itself a terrible, horrible,…
The New HIPAA NPRM—The Latest and Greatest in the Evolution of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Kirk J. Nahra of WilmerHale writes: Following a pattern of familiarity for health lawyers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a substantial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in December at the end of an administration.[1] The NPRM is intended to revise the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…