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Texas squared off with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and is looking to make it legal to chase down women’s medical records (think abortion) if they cross the state line. Currently, this is illegal because of the Biden administration privacy update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But, if this first-of-its-kind-vigilante-style Texas law were to go into effect, it would set a precedent for the dozen or so other states determined to take back abortion rights.

Genetic testing company 23andMe agreed to pay $30 million for a class action that resulted from a major data breach in 2023. The company, which has struggled financially and unsuccessfully tried to go private earlier this year, was alleged to have not properly notified customers of the breach. This included ethnic groups that were singled out for having their data taken.

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In a major report on the “privacy practices” of Social Media and Video Streaming Services (“SMVSSs”), the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found the companies we so enjoy for providing companionship, videos, music, photos, games and more are not on their best behavior, but are surveilling us more than most of us imagine. Forget privacy in our relationships, religion, healthcare, thoughts, desires, or emerging ideas. In fact, there’s lots the companies “know” that are not even true, but believed based on inferences, projections and mistaken interpretation. But who cares…? Well,... Read More >

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Scope3 Media Reporting has raised $25 million in new funding to support its mission to measure media and advertising carbon emissions and suggest optimizations that will reduce them. Brands that use Scope3 to reduce their emissions include Coca-Cola, General Motors and Mastercard. It now plans to address the growing threat of emissions caused by the use of AI.

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