Steve Alder reports: Mark Kevin Robison, a former vice president of Commonwealth Health Corporation (now Med Center Health) in Kentucky has been sentenced to 2 years’ probation and ordered to pay $140,000 in restitution after reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors over a HIPAA violation. Robison pled guilty to knowingly disclosing the protected health…
Facebook, Instagram block teens from sensitive content, even from friends
Ashley Belanger reports: Meta has begun hiding sensitive content from teenagers under the age of 18 on Facebook and Instagram, a company blog announced on Tuesday. Starting now, Meta will begin removing content from feeds and Stories about sensitive topics that have been flagged as harmful to teens by experts in adolescent development, psychology, and mental health….
New Hampshire Legislature Passes a Comprehensive Privacy Law, While NJ Bill Goes to the Governor’s Desk for Signature
Ali Jessani, Kirk Nahra, and Genesis Ruano of Wilmer Hale write: On January 4, 2023, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 255 (the “Act”) with amendments, setting the stage for New Hampshire to become the latest state with a comprehensive privacy law. The Act will now move on to the House and awaits Senate…
FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling Americans’ raw location data that could be used for tracking purposes. Under the order released today, the first time data brokers were barred from sharing and selling users’ sensitive location data, Outlogic must now delete all…