Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
By: Themelis Zamparas http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d1c5f200-7fa4-485c-a535-76b8ca0852e8 This article reports the increase of lawsuits relating to the implementation of the FCRA provisions by employers and contemplates on the impact of the, still pending,…
Background Check Co. Hit With FCRA Class Action, Law 360 (Feb. 5, 2016), http://www.law360.com/articles/755625/background-check-co-hit-with-fcra-class-action. By:Kelly Knaub Employers use information all the time to draw conclusions about potential candidates employability and…
FTC Big Data report and FCRA By: Kasumi Sugimoto http://www.law360.com/articles/745610/why-2016-will-be-a-big-year-for-big-data Last month, the FTC released a report “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues.” It outlines…
By: Charlie O’Toole Responding to these articles: http://fortune.com/2015/06/18/shutterfly-lawsuit-facial-recognition/ http://www.natlawreview.com/article/tag-you-re-it-biometric-information-privacy-act-class-action-against-shutterfly In June, 2015, Brian Norberg filed a class action lawsuit in Illinois federal court claiming that Shutterfly, an online vendor of…
Congress Considers Changes to FCRA to Expand Consumer Credit Files and Limit Use of Credit Reports for Employment Decisions By: Eline Declerck https://www.carltonfields.com/congress-considers-changes-to-fcra-to-expand-consumer-credit-files-and-limit-use-of-credit-reports-for-employment-decisions-01-21-2016/ (1/21/2016) This article written by Jeffrey Rood…
April 23rd, 2015 College Rape Case Shows A Key Limit To Medical Privacy Law By: Ryusuke Tanaka http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/09/391876192/college-rape-case-shows-a-key-limit-to-medical-privacy-law A student allegedly raped by other students got medical therapy at her…
April 23rd, 2015 Reflections on D.C. Administration’s Proposed Exemption of Police Body Camera Footage Disclosure By Wei-Po Wang Recently, the District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking to enact…
April 23rd, 2015 Fitness apps may pose legal problems for doctors By: Emma Trotter The February 2015 Associated Press article “Challenges for Doctors Using Fitness Trackers & Apps,” which can…
April 21, 2015 By: Rachel Wisotsky Which Federal Agency Should Regulate Health Apps? Sources: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140205/blog/302059996 http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/2/222.full.pdf+html http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/2/216.full http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-30/fda-taking-a-very-light-touch-on-regulating-the-apple-watch http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm369431.htm http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2015/02/smart-ways-to-manage-health-need-smart-regulation/ Mobile health applications are subject to the regulatory authority of…
April 20th, 2015 Data Privacy, the French Alps Crash, the Nazis and the TTIP By: Geoffroy van de Walle On March 24, 2015 a Germanwings plane en route from Barcelona…