The COVID-19 crisis is revealing the institutions upon which we rely most: healthcare, grocers, and local government, along with the pressure points, flaws, and frailties of each. There’s probably never been a stronger collective desire to protect and empower these institutions, and thereby protect and empower ourselves. Looking beyond our [...]
With the COVID-19 pandemic upending the normal routines of millions, commotion and confusion unfortunately rule the day. Much of the country is severely curtailing travel and abstaining from visiting healthcare providers unless a severe emergency arises, leading providers to adopt telehealth and remote patient monitoring solutions to handle more routine [...]
As the debate surrounding facial recognition intensified in 2019, you could be forgiven for not being able to make sense of the cacophony. Not only is facial recognition itself a subset of the broader privacy discussion, but it brings to bear a diverse assortment of issues whose relevance depends on [...]
Today, the law of the land concerning the privacy of individuals’ health information is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and more specifically, the HIPAA Privacy Rule. But one need only take a cursory look at the name of the underlying law (Health Insurance Portability…) to glean that [...]
Because good things come in threes, the European Commission (EC) released no fewer than three important documents related to its plans to make Europe “fit for the digital age” on February 19, 2020. These documents include a Communication entitled “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future”, the “European Strategy for Data” and the [...]