Year: 2024

Healthcare Privacy US Laws

Washington’s My Health My Data

A quick read of Washington’s My Health My Data Backdrop: Enacted in reaction to the US Supreme Court’s decision overturning a federal right to abortion. Guarantees Washington residents some of the broadest health information privacy protections in the nation. Tl;dr: The law prohibits covered entities from collecting or selling health data that can be tied […]

Privacy Session Replay Tracking Tech US Laws

US Courts on Emerging Privacy Tech- Session Replay, Pixels, Chatbots – Series 1

Chat Wiretapping Case Case 1 In the first, the plaintiff alleged the messages were first routed through the third-party’s server to “analyze and collect customer support-agent interactions in real-time” and that the third-party’s parent (a well-known social media company) identified “user interests” by monitoring a collection of offsite user activity and generated revenue by selling […]

FTC Privacy US Laws

FTC Guidance in the Avast Case: Selling and Collecting Data Deceptively!

– The #FTC found that Avast anonymization measures were insufficient to prevent re-identification. Even when contracts contained prohibitions on re-identification, the language allowed customers to join their first-party data to the data purchased from Avast. – FTC has confirmed that anonymized has a concrete technical definition consistent with the de-identified and anonymized data exemptions in state & […]

California Privacy US Laws

Doordash fined under CCPA and CalOPPA

Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with DoorDash, resolving allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). The investigation by the California Department of Justice found that DoorDash sold its California customers’ personal information without providing notice or an opportunity to opt out of […]

FTC Privacy US Laws

Rite Aid, FTC & AI Facial Recognition Tech

Quick Summary: Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition technology(FRT) for 5 years under a proposed settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges. FTC’s Allegation: The FTC alleged that Rite Aid failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers with “reckless” use of facial recognition technology which “disproportionately impacted people of color.” Proposed Order […]

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