Angus Berwick of Reuters reports: Venezuela is rolling out a new, smart-card ID known as the “carnet de la patria,” or “fatherland card,” manufactured by Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. The ID transmits data about cardholders to government computer servers, and is increasingly linked to subsidized food, health, and other [Read More…]
Austin Berg has a welcomed update to a case that never should have been hanging over a teenager’s head: Paul Boron no longer has a potential felony hanging over his head. But Illinois’ eavesdropping law means others like him might not be so lucky. The young Illinoisan spent his summer [Read More…]
Eli Richman reports: Would you sell your own healthcare data to a private company? What if it could help them discover a new treatment? What if you were poor and desperate for income? Those are the questions patients are faced with in the new world of protected health information (PHI) [Read More…]
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US President Donald Trump signed today a bill into law, approving the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The bill, known as the CISA Act, reorganizes and rebrands the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), a program inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), [Read More…]