Events

On November 2nd, NYU’s Law will be hosting a panel called “FemTech and Privacy: Striking the Balance in a Post-Dobbs Reality.” The event will take place in the Greenberg Auditorium at 5:00 pm, and will be moderated by Professor Melissa Murray. The registration link is here, and the event description is as follows: 

In the aftermath of the leaked Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, warnings to period tracking app users went viral. The message? Ditch them immediately. Weeks later, a New York Times headline countered, “Deleting Your Period Tracker Won’t Protect You.” Join us for a panel discussion with academic, innovation, and advocacy experts who will explore how exactly such data is already or could be used – and misused. What privacy laws or legislation can be leveraged to protect FemTech users? And why does menstrual literacy – with or without tech tools – matter more than ever in our post-Dobbs reality?

News

The Biden Administration plans to start a labelling system for rating the cybersecurity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This labelling system is meant to help American consumers identify and purchase more secure tech.

In the aftermath of the Optus privacy breach, Digital Rights Watch Australia has advocated for reforms to Australia’s Privacy Act, which has an exemption for voter information kept by political parties. They argue that breach of this voter data could have dangerous social and political implications. For more on the issue, see this link

A new investigative report reveals that the company Equifax surveilled 1000 of its remote workers to assess their productivity. The company then fired 24 employees who were found to have been juggling two jobs. 

In the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ordered Facebook’s parent company Meta to sell GIPHY, one of its recent acquisitions. The CMA believed that Meta’s acquisition would give the company even more market power.

(Compiled by Student Fellow Kiana Boroumand)