Gardner Law Firm writes: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 as amended and implemented through regulations at 45 C.F.R. §§ 160 and 164 (“HIPAA”) regulates the privacy and security of health information. For drug and device manufacturers, navigating HIPAA alongside state privacy laws presents unique challenges. This alert summarizes key takeaways from Paul…
Meta Hit With Complaint in Norway for Training AI on User Data
Stephen Treloar reports: Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a Norwegian complaint over its plans to use the images and posts of users on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence models. The process to opt-out breaches strict EU data protection rules and “has been made deliberately cumbersome by using deceptive design patterns and vague wording,”…
Equilibrium between security and privacy: new report on encryption
A new report by the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security looks into how to uphold citizens’ privacy while enabling criminal investigation and prosecution Encryption represents an important means of securing private communications. However, at the same time, it also enables threat actors to manage their malicious activities below the radar of law enforcement. Understanding…
New Jersey Doubles Down on Keeping Baby Blood, Parents Vow to Continue Lawsuit
Dan King reports: New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the New Jersey Department of Health doubled down on their unconstitutional policy of keeping blood drawn from every baby born in the state. A group of New Jersey parents, who filed a class action lawsuit against the state, announced they will fight on until the policy…