For the second time, and despite questionable legal authority, Ken Paxton is seeking medical records from providers that are not based in Texas. Lil Kalish reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested the medical records of Texas trans youth who sought gender-affirming care from a Georgia-based telehealth clinic last week, escalating an invasive campaign that has alarmed many advocates. The…
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CNN Targeted In Massive CIPA Case Involving A NEW Theory Under Section 638.51
[This CIPA is the California Invasion of Privacy Act, not the Children’s Internet Protection Act] Puja J. Amin of Troutman Amin, LLP writes: CNN is now facing a massive CIPA class action for violating CIPA Section 638.51 by allegedly installing “Trackers” on its website. In Lesh v. Cable News Network, Inc, filed in the Superior Court…
Impact How Abortion Ruling Spurred Federal Action Against the Location Data Industry
Nearly a quarter of the 47 location data companies we identified in 2021 have faced Congressional scrutiny or regulatory enforcement actions By: Jon Keegan In 2021, The Markup identified and began reporting on 47 companies in the multi-billion-dollar industry that trades location data from mobile devices. Since then, 11 of the 47 companies on our…
Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks
The headline really got my attention. Matt Richtel reports for the New York Times: Cellphones can track what we say and write, where we go, what we buy and what we search on the internet. But they still aren’t being used to track one of the biggest public health threats: crashes caused by drivers distracted…