FTC
The FTC, Fertility App Premom, and Sharing Consumer Health Data
Justin Sherman Fri, May 26, 2023, 9:17 AM
The FTC shows again that some companies widely share Americans’ health data—and Congress needs to do more.
Surveillance
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With the rise of modern technologies, the scope and scale of government surveillance has exploded. The use of digital communication has made communication more efficient, but also much more vulnerable. Governments, meanwhile, are increasing their capacity to exploit these vulnerabilities, and companies, their ability to thwart them. Both the PATRIOT act and the Snowden disclosures pushed the issue to the front of the national conversation. Today, the legal and policy debate—over what kind of surveillance tools are acceptable, against whom, and with with whose authorization—continues in full force.