Governors of numerous states have issued Executive Orders in the past several weeks banning TikTok from government-issued devices and many have already implemented a ban, with others considering similar measures. There is also bi-partisan support of a ban in the Senate, which unanimously approved a bill last week that would ban the app from devices
South Dakota
South Dakota Governor Bans State Workers from Using TikTok
By Linn Foster Freedman on
It is estimated that some 80 million Americans and more than one billion people use TikTok. It is well known that TikTok has a direct connection to the Chinese Communist Party, which is a foreign adversary of the U.S. This week, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed an executive order banning all state workers or…
Drone Flights Over Football Fans
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drones
For the first time in the U.S., a commercial drone equipped with a parachute safety system was permitted to fly over people during a football game in North Dakota last week. A DJI Phantom 4 being controlled by a North Dakota drone operator, Botlink, used a drone safety solutions company’s “SafeAir System” (ParaZero) to conduct…
South Dakota Beats Alabama in Passage of Data Breach Notification Law
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
We previously noted last month that only two states had not enacted a data breach notification law to date—South Dakota and Alabama [see related post].
South Dakota passed the finish line right before Alabama, but both states have now joined the rest of the nation in enacting data breach notification laws for their citizens. …
Last Two States Considering Passage of Data Breach Notification Laws
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
The last two states which have not passed data breach notification laws are Alabama and South Dakota. Sometimes we make jokes about these states as they are so late to the data breach notification table (California was the first state to pass a data breach notification law in 2002) and they seem not to care…
Telemedicine nursing licensure compact legislation enacted in 6 states and 7 more right behind
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Health Information Privacy
In another case of technology out pacing the law, telemedicine has continued to push the limits of state medical professional licensure laws.
Generally, physicians and nurses must be licensed in the state in which they are practicing; and yet technology has become so sophisticated that telemedicine is allowing those medical providers to provide access to…