On Monday, the European Commission issued the legal texts that will put in place the EU-US Privacy Shield, and replace the former Safe Harbour framework. The Privacy Shield will not come into effect until the European Commission completes its findings to determine whether the new framework offers equivalent data protections to standards within the EU. [Ars Technica – “Privacy Shield” proposed to replace US-EU Safe Harbor, faces skepticism]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against efforts to establish a public database to track the quality and cost of health care by private healthcare providers, arguing it is precluded by the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act preventing states from imposing requirements on insurance companies to disclose data on self-funded plans. [NPR – Supreme Court Strikes at States’ Efforts on Health Care Transparency]
The director of the FBI, James Comey, admitted the agency tried to gain access to the iPhone of the San Bernadino shooters in the 24 hours after the attack, and only asked Apple to unlock the phone after an unsuccessful iCloud password reset locked officials out of the account. [NYTimes – FBI Error Locked San Bernadino Attacker’s iPhone]
In related news, a federal magistrate judge in New York has rejected the U.S. government’s request to gain access to data from a locked iPhone in a drug case. [The Intecept – Apple Wins Major Court Victory Against FBI in a Case Similar to San Bernadino]
Governor Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota vetoed a bill that would have required transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms based on the gender they were assigned at birth. [NPR – South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill Stipulating Transgender Students’ Bathroom Use]