Skye Witley reports: After nearly a year navigating the Biden administration’s efforts to push heath-care providers away from tracking technology that can associate website visitors with specific medical conditions, hospital associations alleged government agencies are still using those same tools in violation of the guidance. A quartet of hospital associations are challenging a December 2022 US Health…
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EFF declares: “VICTORY! California Department of Justice Declares Out-of-State Sharing of License Plate Data Unlawful”
Dave Maass and Jennifer Pinsof write: California Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued a legal interpretation and guidance for law enforcement agencies around the state that confirms what privacy advocates have been saying for years: It is against the law for police to share data collected from license plate readers with out-of-state or federal agencies. This is…
California Amends Data Broker Law
Libbie Canter, Sarah Parker, and Andrew Longhi of Covington and Burling write: On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 362, the Delete Act (the “Act”), into law. The new law represents a substantive overhaul of California’s existing data broker statute, which requires data brokers to register with the California Attorney General annually. The…
GSK, Ancestry, 23andMe Push Montana Genetic Privacy Law Changes
Brenna Goth reports: Genetic testing companies and biotechnology groups are lobbying for revisions to a new Montana law that is more stringent than other state requirements intended to protect a consumer’s genetic data privacy, including additional oversight for increasingly popular at-home kits. The biopharma company GSK Plc and the coalition representing consumer genetic testing companies…