PRG News Roundup: April 29th
European Regulators are beginning to reevaluate the EU Directive on Data Retention that was struck down last year: "Data retention update: the Global Battle to Stop Data Stockpiling Continues" The Supreme…
Government (Finally) Takes a Concrete Step to Fight Identity Theft: Medicare Cards No Longer to Include Social Security Numbers
April 22, 2015 Government (Finally) Takes a Concrete Step to Fight Identity Theft: Medicare Cards No Longer to Include Social Security Numbers President Obama recently signed a bill to stop the…
PRG News Roundup: April 22
German government plans to introduce legislation allowing phone and Internet records to be retained for up to 10 weeks. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3040184/Germany-allow-phone-data-retention-10-weeks.html Big Brother Awards held in Germany, recognize companies and governmental…
College Rape Case Shows A Key Limit To Medical Privacy Law
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…
Reflections on D.C. Administration’s Proposed Exemption of Police Body Camera Footage Disclosure
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…
Fitness apps may pose legal problems for doctors
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…
Which Federal Agency Should Regulate Health Apps?
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…
Data Privacy, the French Alps Crash, the Nazis and the TTIP
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…
EU Council’s Agreement and the “One-Stop Shop”
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…
Facebook in trouble with EU Privacy watchdogs again!
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…