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It's Nothing Personal: Why Existing State Laws On Point-Of-Sale Consumer Data Collection Should Be Replaced With A Federal Standard, Kate Mirino
St. John's Law Review
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Accordingly, this Note proposes a contemporary-minded federal solution to preempt and standardize the various, outmoded state approaches in this field. Part I engages in a historical overview of the development of information privacy law in the United States. Part II provides a summary and comparison of the existing state rules at play. Part III discusses the negative consequences—both to consumers and to businesses—of inconsistent regulation in this area, and explains why a federal solution is necessary. Part IV outlines the parameters of the federal regulation proposed by this Note.
From Fitbits To Pacemakers: Protecting Consumer Privacy And Security In The Healthtech Age, Justin Evans, Katelyn Ringrose
From Fitbits To Pacemakers: Protecting Consumer Privacy And Security In The Healthtech Age, Justin Evans, Katelyn Ringrose
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As wearable and analytics technology continues to be aggressively adopted, there is a congruent rise in data collection from wearable healthtech devices. This unprecedented rise in data collection poses massive privacy and security issues. This note addresses the benefits of IoT healthcare wearables and implants, as well as identifies where the privacy and security of data accrued by such devices could be improved. In an effort to better encapsulate the issue surrounding wearable device data collection, the authors analyze the many benefits of wearable healthcare devices, as well as look into the false sense of trust consumers have in the …