Thomas Gruel reports: A North Charleston Police officer was demoted and put on six months of probation after training history shows he was using city cameras to spy on his wife who he suspected was having an affair. Former Lt. Ryan Terrell admitted to using Verkada security cameras owned by the City of North Charleston…
Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Tracked Sex Toy Shoppers With ‘Recording in Real Time’ Software
Samantha Cole reports: This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. A woman is suing Microsoft and two major U.S. sex toy retailers with claims that their websites are tracking users without their consent, despite promising they wouldn’t do that. In a complaint filed on June 25 in the…
Supreme Court Allows, for Now, Emergency Abortions in Idaho
Abbie van Sickle reports: The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it would dismiss a case about emergency abortions in Idaho, temporarily clearing the way for women in the state to receive an abortion when their health is at risk. The one-sentence, unsigned decision declared that the case had been “improvidently granted,” meaning a majority of the…
HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy: Resources for Stakeholders and HIPAA CEs or BAs
At the HHS Office for Civil Rights, we believe patient privacy is essential to ensuring high quality reproductive health care. HHS OCR is encouraging HIPAA covered entities and business associates to begin implementing the new HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy to help protect patient privacy and ensure compliance later this year….