Attorneys from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP write: On February 10, 2025, a Washington state resident filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and similarly situated individuals against Amazon under the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMD). This is the first lawsuit brought under MHMD’s private right of action. Because MHMD regulates non-HIPAA consumer health data,…
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Lawsuits Trying to Stop DOGE Access to Personal Data: Explained
Cassandre Coyer and Tonya Riley report: The Trump administration faces at least a dozen lawsuits that ask judges to halt what plaintiffs call unprecedented access to the data of private citizens emanating from the disruption of federal agencies. “This is incredibly uncharted territory in terms of having an outside agency that hasn’t been confirmed yet…
Family’s claims that San Diego County secretly filmed child in hospital room survive, judge rules
Michael Gennaro recently reported: A federal judge declined to dismiss invasion of privacy claims from a family who say San Diego County officials used cameras to spy on a minor patient for over a month in a San Diego children’s hospital. In their 2021 complaint, Madison Meyer and her family said that they didn’t find out about the…
Are Employees Receiving Regular Data Protection Training? Are They AI Literate?
Mary Costigan of JacksonLewis writes: Employee security awareness training is a best practice and a “reasonable safeguard” for protecting the privacy and security of an organization’s sensitive data. The list of data privacy and cybersecurity laws mandating employee data protection training continues to grow and now includes the EU AI Act. The following list is…