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House Bill Would Allow Employers to Require and Access Genetic Testing Results
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Privacy
House bill HR 1313, introduced by Representative Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), proposes to allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing, then allow employers to see the results, and impose financial penalties on any employees who request to opt out of the requirement.
The bill, which was before the House Committee on Education and the…
American Dental Association inadvertently mails USB drives infected with malware to its members
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
The American Dental Association (ADA) recently mailed 37,000 credit card sized flash drives to its members that included new billing codes, entitled 2016 CDT Manual. Unfortunately, also included on the USB drive was malware used by criminals to infect users’ systems that allows full access to the system. So when the 37,000 dentists put the…