U.S. senators wrote a letter to several telehealth companies criticizing their reported failure “to protect sensitive health information,” Stat reports. U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., recently wrote to Monument, Workit Health and Cerebral to inquire about their data sharing practices.
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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the creation of four new government departments, including a dedicated Department for Science, Innovation and Technology focused on technical innovations. The changes remove digital and data policy responsibility from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. IAPP Research and Insights Director Joe Jones said the changes “could pave the way for advances to the U.K.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to discuss children’s safety online, as well as the need to strengthen data privacy for citizens, among other topics during his State of the Union address Feb. 7. Biden will call for “bipartisan support” of legislation banning targeted advertising and increasing protection of privacy and health online.
As the data economy grows exponentially, so does the use of privacy-enhancing technologies that rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning to secure individuals’ data, IAPP Principal Researcher, Technology, Katharina Koerner, CIPP/US, and Research and Insight Analyst Brandon LaLonde write. PETs are positioned to address the “privacy-utility tradeoff” to protect individuals’ personal data while maintaining a data set’s usefulness for analysis.
A subcommittee of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee will review a draft financial data privacy bill Feb. 8, ACA International reports. The bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., would expand the scope of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to include new data rules, including allowing consumers to manage how their personal information will be shared with financial institutions.
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently ruled software breaches weren't applicable under general insurance policies. The decision has particular impacts when it comes to organizations affected by ransomware attacks, as the inability to access or use software during an attack falls outside the scope of its "businessowners" policy.
Indian government officials are open to allowing countries and companies "diplomatic immunity" from the proposed Digital Data Protection Bill, The Economic Times reports. Proposed "data embassies" would provide a shield from local regulation and promote "corridors of trust," according to Indian Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
The Quad-City Times reports the Supreme Court of Illinois ruled Biometric Information Privacy Act claims can be pursued up to five years after an alleged violation.