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Balancing Public Health And Privacy: Lessons From Digital Contact Tracing For Covid-19 Vaccination Tracking Efforts, Carmel Shachar Jan 2021

Balancing Public Health And Privacy: Lessons From Digital Contact Tracing For Covid-19 Vaccination Tracking Efforts, Carmel Shachar

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The COVID-19 pandemic has brough the tension between individual privacy and public health initiative to the fore, in part because many of the solutions to the challenges of the pandemic proposed are digital. The first year of the pandemic has revealed that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is both too restrictive of traditional public health activities but also underprotective of important categories of health data. The failure of digital contact tracing applications to make a difference in combatting the pandemic during its early stages also illustrates the tension between individual privacy and public health surveillance. In order to …


Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Litigation In Federal Courts: Evaluating The Standing Doctrine In Privacy Contexts, Michael Mcmahon Jan 2021

Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Litigation In Federal Courts: Evaluating The Standing Doctrine In Privacy Contexts, Michael Mcmahon

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Biometric technology, used to identify individuals based on their unchangeable and unique attributes such as fingerprints or facial geometry, has become commonplace in modern life. In Illinois, the use of biometric information by private organizations is regulated by the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”), which came into effect in 2008 as the nation’s first state biometric information privacy statute. BIPA is unique in that it includes a private right of action and provides for recovery of liquidated damages where the statute is violated, which has resulted in plaintiffs bringing steadily increasing numbers of class-action suits under the law. This note …


Undermined Norms: The Corrosive Effect Of Information Processing Technology On Informational Privacy, Richard Warner Jan 2011

Undermined Norms: The Corrosive Effect Of Information Processing Technology On Informational Privacy, Richard Warner

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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What, Me Worry? The Multi-Front Assault On Privacy, Andrew Askland Jan 2006

What, Me Worry? The Multi-Front Assault On Privacy, Andrew Askland

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Personal Information In Government Records: Protecting The Public Interest In Privacy, Grayson Barber Jan 2006

Personal Information In Government Records: Protecting The Public Interest In Privacy, Grayson Barber

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


School Board Control Over Education And A Teacher’S Right To Privacy, Ralph D. Mawdsley Jan 2004

School Board Control Over Education And A Teacher’S Right To Privacy, Ralph D. Mawdsley

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Liberty Takes On The Right To Privacy: An Analysis Of Adams V. City Of Battle Creek, The Circuit Split, And Possible Consequences Of Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Michelle Schipke Silies Jan 2003

Freedom Of Liberty Takes On The Right To Privacy: An Analysis Of Adams V. City Of Battle Creek, The Circuit Split, And Possible Consequences Of Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Michelle Schipke Silies

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Wyoming V. Houghton: Rethinking The Court’S View Of A Passenger’S Privacy Interests On The Road, Zachary A. Abeles Jan 2000

Wyoming V. Houghton: Rethinking The Court’S View Of A Passenger’S Privacy Interests On The Road, Zachary A. Abeles

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.