Libbie Canter and Elizabeth Brim of Covington and Burling write: On May 16, 2024, Alabama enacted a genetic privacy bill (HB 21), which regulates consumer-facing genetic testing companies. HB 21 continues the recent trend of states enacting genetic privacy legislation aimed at regulating direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) genetic testing companies, such as in Nebraska and Virginia, with more than 10…
Category: U.S.
Tech Groups Push to Narrow New York Child Digital Privacy Bills
Zach Williams reports: Tech lobbyists have the ear of New York lawmakers working to get measures protecting children online wrapped up in the last three weeks of the legislative session. Companies and industry groups are lobbying to narrow, rather than kill, proposals that could affect how minors and their parents interact with social media and…
Do Apps Protect Female Health Data? (Update 1)
Attorney Matt Fisher writes: mHealth applications focused on female or women’s health are drawing a fair amount of attention when it comes to privacy practices. The applications, which may be broadly referred to as female technology (“FemTech”), are designed to help individuals personally track different aspects of their health. The focal points may heavily go…
Here’s How the CIA Plans To Use Your Ad Tracking Data
Matthew Petti reports: For years, the U.S. government has bought information on private citizens from commercial data brokers. Now, for the first time ever, American spymasters are admitting that this data is sensitive—but they’re leaving it up to the spy agencies on how to use it. Last week, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines released a…