Brielle Morgan reports: Families who were subjected to birth alerts deserve to know their personal information was shared between social workers and health care workers without their consent, says Cheryl Casimer. “First and foremost, those families need to be notified. And I think that there needs to be an apology [Read More…]
Zack Whittaker reports: A security flaw in Ring’s Neighbors app was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app. Ring, the video doorbell and home security startup acquired by Amazon for $1 billion, launched Neighbors in 2018 as a breakaway feature in its own [Read More…]
Elizabeth G. Litten of Fox Rothschild has a commentary on a proposed FTC settlement announced this week. There will be a 30-day comment period on the proposed settlement, so if you read Litten’s commentary and agree with the concerns, you may wish to submit a comment on the proposed settlement. [Read More…]

One of my go-to HIPAA law resources is attorney Jeff Drummond. He and I often disagree on politics, but I will always consider what he says This week, I found myself seriously disagreeing with one of Jeff’s blog posts. Unless you’ve been living under a rock this week, you already [Read More…]