A recent study found that some data brokers are selling highly sensitive data relating to consumers’ mental health conditions on the open market with minimal vetting of their customers and few controls on how these purchasers use the data. The study, conducted by a researcher at Duke University’s Technology Policy Lab, found that 11 out
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Chick-Fil-A Sued for Sharing Data through Meta Pixel
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
While plaintiffs’ attorneys were initially focused late last year on suing health care entities for using Pixel and other tracking technology to share information about website users with social media platforms such as Meta (formerly Facebook), they are now eyeing other industries, including the fast food industry.
This week, a class action complaint was filed…
Data Breach Class Action Against Radiology Companies Dismissed for Lack of Standing
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Last week, New York federal judge Vincent L. Bricetti dismissed a data breach class action against Northeast Radiology PC (Northeast) and Alliance HealthCare Services (Alliance) because the plaintiffs failed to allege a cognizable injury.
In July 2021, Jose Aponte II and Lisa Rosenberg filed suit alleging that Northeast and Alliance failed to protect their sensitive…
FTC Adopts Policy Statement to Increase Scrutiny for COPPA Violations
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Children's Privacy
On May 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted the “Policy Statement on Education Technology and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act” (COPPA), which calls for increased scrutiny for violations of COPPA by education technology companies. The FTC said in its statement:
The [FTC] is committed to ensuring that education technology (“ed tech”) tools…