Abigail Adcox reports: U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta of the District of Columbia has ruled that Covington & Burling must disclose to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the names of seven clients whose information may have been exposed in a 2020 cyberattack that impacted the firm. “Covington shall produce to the Commission the names…
Abortion-Rights States Begin Shielding Digital Data Near Clinics
Andrea Vittorio and Skye Witley report: States positioning themselves as abortion safe havens are beginning to shield location information that can be gleaned from mobile phones, and to protect the privacy of other data that can show who is visiting a health-care facility. Beginning this summer, Washington, Connecticut, and New York are establishing first-of-their-kind data privacy…
Schools Sue Social-Media Platforms Over Alleged Harms to Students
Sara Randazzo and Ryan Tracy report: Plaintiffs’ lawyers are pitching school boards throughout the country to file lawsuits against social-media companies on allegations that their apps cause classroom disciplinary problems and mental-health issues, diverting resources from education. Nearly 200 school districts so far have joined the litigation against the parent companies of Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube….
Hearing: Oversight of A.I.: Principles for Regulation
The Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law will be holding a hearing on July 25 at 03:00 pm Eastern: Oversight of A.I.: Principles for Regulation Scheduled witnesses are: Stuart Russell Professor of Computer Science The University of California, Berkley Berkley, CA Yoshua Bengio Founder and Scientific Director of Mila – Quebec…