John Ferguson reports: The Scottish Government ’s controversial vaccination passport shares the personal data of users with a host of private firms, the Sunday Mail can reveal. Proof of inoculation is now required by law to get into football grounds or nightclubs north of the border, despite plans for a scheme having been scrapped [Read More…]
November 16, CHICAGO — Taking a cheek swab and sending it to a mail-order DNA testing company takes only a few minutes, but the information might live on forever—and become widely available. At its Interim Special meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates expressed concern that the privacy [Read More…]
One of the cert petitions before the Supreme Court this week, via Andrew Hamm on ScotusBlog: Payne v. Taslimi involves an inmate’s claim to a constitutional right to privacy in his HIV status. When inmate Christopher Payne was at his bed in an open dorm, Dr. Jalal Taslimi told Payne that [Read More…]
“So, in the end, my data are floating somewhere in the cloud and nobody is responsible.” You really must read this piece by Alan Freeman. Seriously. The first email arrived in my inbox in early September, inviting me to “Take Control of Your Health.” I was then offered a range [Read More…]