Angela Ruggiero reports: Alameda County must release records to this news organization revealing how many people at nursing homes and other long-term congregate care facilities were infected with COVID-19 and how many died, as well as the names of facilities with confirmed cases, a judge has decided. Read more on [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…]
Iris Deng reports: The communications authority in southern Guangdong province has cracked down on the operation of 209 apps, including seven run by internet giant Tencent Holdings and one from electric car maker Xpeng, over privacy and security concerns amid China’s renewed drive against misuse of consumer data. The Guangdong [Read More…]
From EPIC.org: EPIC submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security in response to a system of records notice and proposed exemptions from Privacy Act requirements for a new counterintelligence records system. DHS’s proposed records system would permit nearly limitless collection of sensitive personal information and unchecked disclosure of that information to state, local and international [Read More…]