Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
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…
April 16th, 2015 EU Council's Agreement and the “One-Stop Shop” By: Kevin Gallagher http://www.dataprotectionreport.com/2015/04/eu-proposes-one-stop-shop-for-data-protection-supervision-and-enforcement/ http://www.dataprotectionreport.com/2015/04/eus-one-stop-shop-proposal-focuses-on-main-establishment-as-nexus-of-dpa-enforcement-authority/ http://www.privacyandsecuritymatters.com/2015/03/one-less-carrot-for-business-council-of-european-union-limits-the-one-stop-shop-mechanism-in-the-draft-data-protection-regulation/?utm_source=Mondaq&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=View-Original In March 2015, the Council of the European Union published an agreement on the…
April 16, 2015 Panel 2 Facebook in trouble with EU Privacy watchdogs again! http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/facebook-tracks-all-visitors-breaching-eu-law-report By: Aishani Gupta Facebook and its privacy policies have been under scrutiny for sometime now in…
New York Appellate court finds voyeuristic photographer protected under first amendment: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/arne-svenson-neighbors-photographs-supreme-court-286916 Google charged with antitrust violations by EU: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/business/international/european-union-google-antitrust-case.html EU Commissioner Věra Jourová announces she would submit a new proposal…
April 14th, 2015 US Senators Proposes New Privacy Bill to regulate Data brokers By Luis Camargo Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2893672/lawmakers-target-data-brokers-in-privacy-bill.html It has been a long time since companies adopted targeted marketing as…
April 9th, 2015 Talking Barbie By: Rugeradh Tungsupakul According to the recent toy fair in New York City, Mattel, the manufacturer of Barbie dolls, had introduced “Hello Barbie”, a new…