Aaron Boyd reports: A New York-based company and the Defense Department have created an artificial intelligence algorithm to be embedded in smartphones that knows the device owner so well it can tell its user by the way they talk, type and even walk. TWOSENSE.AI has been working with the department to build a software-as-a-service product…
Category: Workplace
Phoenix PD obtain DNA samples from Hacienda HealthCare staff week after vegetative patient gives birth
Catherine Mejia reports: Phoenix police investigators are testing DNA samples from men who work at a Phoenix nursing facility in response to a vegetative patient giving birth there last week. Hacienda HealthCare confirmed the search warrant for DNA samples Tuesday evening. The investigation prompted outrage nationwide last week after Arizona’s Family revealed a 29-year-old Native…
Ohio small businesses may get more access to employee health data
Kaitlin Schroeder reports on what appears to be a very controversial proposed law: A proposed Ohio law could help small businesses shop for affordable health insurance by letting them see details on expensive health insurance claims, though critics say it would violate employee medical privacy. For employees with a claim that’s $30,000 or more, Senate…
“A Right to Privacy?”
Matt Covington of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP writes: What privacy rights is a Plaintiff afforded for the medical information related to a workers’ compensation claim? Mastanduno v. Nat’l Freight Industries The opinion arose from an interlocutory appeal by the plaintiff regarding his privacy interests in personal medical information in Industrial Commission records and decisions. The…