Exploring Digitization of Health and Medical Data and Records Part Two
Life Sciences Quarterly (Q4 2017): The Use of Social Media and Mobile Applications
The Evolution of Informed Consent in U.S. Courts
What patients misunderstand about their right of informed consent
Recently, the Illinois General Assembly have restarted efforts to amend the Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2008 (“the Act”). On January 31, 2024, Senator Bill Cunningham introduced S.B. 2979 ostensibly to answer the...more
On January 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its first ever prohibition on the use, sale and disclosure of sensitive location data against X- Mode Social and Outlogic (“X-Mode”), a location data broker. Only...more
In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more
Earlier this week, Amazon announced new technology that will allow shoppers at its Whole Foods stores to check out using a scan of their palm. These emerging biometric identifying technologies are also attractive to employers...more
A jury in the matter of Rogers v. BNSF Railway Co, Case No. 1:19-CV-03083 (N.D. Ill.) recently rendered the first verdict under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). This class action matter involved the...more
On September 17, 2021, a panel of the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District issued a significant decision on the question of which statute of limitations apply to claims under the Illinois Biometric Information...more
The Seventh Circuit has recently ruled that plaintiffs have standing to enforce the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act’s informed consent requirements in federal court. As we have written before, , BIPA regulates the...more
Clinical trials in the EU include the collection of sensitive health data from patients. Trial sponsors are obliged to reconcile their respect of regulations governing data protection with regulations governing the conduct of...more
Why does this topic matter to organisations? Processing of personal data is lawful only if, and to the extent that, it is permitted under EU data protection law. Each and every data processing activity requires a lawful...more
Technology has changed the way we interact, shop, work, and relax. Advances in biometrics now help us login to our computers, phones, apps, and even open doors. Biometrics like fingerprints, retina scans, and voice and...more
The conduct of clinical trials still relies heavily on the use of paper documents. Of course, electronic case report forms (eCRF) have been commonly used for many years – the medical information on a patient that is...more
In a recent landmark decision, Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, Europe’s highest court struck down a US-EU agreement that allowed companies to move personal electronic data between the European Union and...more
On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, effective immediately. This momentous decision jeopardizes the continued flow of data from Europe to the US. As the Safe...more
Most of you already have Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, and—the aged among you—in-boxes overflowing with news about yesterday’s decision from the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”). Some of you read each message, anxiously...more
As a technology law blogger and co-editor of Socially Aware, I monitor emerging developments in information technology. What’s hot in IT today? Any shortlist would have to include social media, mobile, wearable technology,...more
A web analytics company, Compete Inc., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it violated federal law by using its web-tracking software to collect consumers’ personal data without sufficient...more