White House Preps New Cyber Rules for Healthcare After ChangeHealth Breach Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber says that after a decade of pleading with hospitals to protect your data, they are getting ready to roll out regulations. The hospitals say don’t penalize us by making us protect your data; why do we […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Six years ago there were no second generation privacy laws. No we are dealing with stronger and stronger laws. And more challenges for businesses. The rub is that the legislature is controlled by the democrats, the governor is a republican and the legislative session has ended, so the bill could get vetoed. The bill outlaws […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]When it is convenient, politicians support states’ rights. Mostly, states’ rights is a dog whistle. One more time, coincidentally, just a few months before a presidential election, Congress is talking about passing a national privacy law. The bill they are proposing would preempt stronger (and weaker) state privacy laws – something that the states are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]HHS Beefs up Privacy Protection for Reproductive Healthcare Info In a final rule released this week, doctors, clinics and other providers are prohibited from disclosing protected health information related to lawful reproductive healthcare. The rule is designed to protect women who cross state lines seeking an abortion and their providers. The 291 page regulation will […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are a lot of people with a lot of opinions about this. Here are mine. In no particular order. First, if you assume that TikTok makes a buck per user per month off selling your data, if they just invest One month’s revenue – $170 million – they can outspend everyone else as they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Give Another Chip Maker Subsidy to Build in US Last week the feds announced a subsidy to Taiwan Semi to build multiple chip plants (fabs) in Arizona. This week the feds announced, based on last year’s CHIPS Act, a subsidy to Samsung to build multiple plants in Texas. This creates a lot of construction […]
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