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Sen. Wyden Exposes Data Brokers Selling Location Data to Anti-Abortion Groups That Target Abortion Seekers
This post was written by Jack Beck, an EFF legal intern In a recent letter to the FTC and SEC, Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) details new information on data broker Near, which sold the location data of people seeking reproductive healthcare to anti-abortion groups. Near enabled these groups to send targeted ads promoting anti-abortion content …
Breach exposes data of 200,000 health system staff, patients
Woodcreek Provider Services said an investigation determined the breach happened sometime between November 24 and December 3, 2020, but it could’ve happened earlier. TACOMA, Wash — A medical practice management firm that provides support to Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System has alerted over 200,000 patients, providers and staff that their personal information may have been exposed. …
Virus exposes economic, racial divide in French health care
BONDY, France (AP) — The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare deep disparities across economic and racial lines in France’s health care system. Two recent studies demonstrated how the virus has hit France’s poorest communities and its Africa- and Asia-born populations hardest. Some local officials and a health advocacy group are trying to help, offering medical …
England’s contact app fiasco exposes limits of technology
When UK ministers announced that they were ditching efforts to develop a bespoke contact-tracing app to help contain the spread of coronavirus, it marked the end of a months-long attempt to find a novel solution to a universal problem. Countries across the world have tried to develop tailored smartphone apps that will alert people when …
New York attorney general exposes $1 billion in wire transfers by Sackler family
The discovery of the wire transfers comes as amid growing allegations by New York and other states that the Sackler family is moving billions of dollars offshore to protect their wealth. It also follows news two days ago of a proposed settlement by Purdue Pharma to thousands of states, counties, cities and tribal governments in …
Bill Maher Exposes Fox News’ Tucker Carlson For Claiming White Supremacy Is a ‘Hoax’ After El Paso
“What a shitty week, right?” announced Bill Maher. “Poor El Paso and Dayton, still reeling from two disasters: a mass shooting and a Trump visit.” The comedian kicked off the latest edition of his show Real Time with an extended rant on President Trump’s bizarre, self-centered reaction to the horrifying mass shootings in El Paso, …
Hong Kong: families are feuding as China extradition bill exposes generational fall in living standards
“You’re criticizing my friends, saying we’re all radicals, saying we’re criminal triads,” he says, voice raised, as an older relative gestures for him to sit down. “You dare to call us triads?” It’s an inter-generational spat that has played out in many families across Hong Kong over the past month, as violence and unrest rocked …
Standoff with Iran exposes Trump’s credibility issue as some allies seek more proof of tanker attack
Carol Morello National reporter focusing on foreign policy and State Department Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea. June 16 at 5:21 PM As U.S. allies pressed the Trump administration for more concrete evidence linking Iran to attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week, Secretary …