Joseph Cox reports: The Secret Service never actually checked whether people gave proper consent to be tracked by a mobile phone location monitoring tool, despite claiming the data was collected with peoples’ permission, the agency admitted in an email obtained by 404 Media. The email undermines the Secret Service’s and other U.S. federal agencies’ justification…
Category: U.S.
HHS Barred From Enforcing Abortion Privacy Rule Against Doctor
Mary Anne Pazanowski reports: A Texas doctor doesn’t have to comply with a federal privacy rule that protects reproductive health-care information from unauthorized disclosures, a federal judge in the state said. Carmen Purl demonstrated that she’s likely to win on her claim that the US Department of Health and Human Services exceeded its statutory authority…
States Granted Leave to Oppose Clearview AI Privacy Settlement
Tonya Riley reports: A federal judge granted 22 states and the District of Columbia leave to file amicus briefs opposing a settlement to resolve claims that facial recognition company Clearview AI violated biometric privacy laws. A group of state attorneys general said the settlement has “severe flaws that undermine consumers’ fundamental right to privacy and…
Hospital Must Provide Pre-Complaint Discovery in Privacy Breach Case, Pa. Judge Rules
Riley Brennan reports: The Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas granted pre-complaint discovery in a breach of privacy action, compelling a Pennsylvania hospital to produce internal privacy rules and an electronic health record audit trail. In a Dec. 11 decision, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Carmen D. Minora partially granted the plaintiff’s request…