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Words of Wisdom from the Young Privacy Professionals Panel: Highlights and Takeaways 

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KELSEY KENNY, Class of 2023

The evening of Thursday, November 4th, Maine Law’s Information Privacy Association, in collaboration with the Mortiz College of Law’s Data Privacy and Cyber Security Club, hosted an informal discussion panel to facilitate a dialogue between law students with an interest in information privacy and six professionals who have had success navigating the early stages of their evolving and dynamic careers in the field. Craig Carpenter, Caroline Hopland, Casey Waughn, Kenesa Ahmad, Lee Matheson, and Scott Bloomberg graciously contributed their time and insights to the forum. Continue reading →

Predicting Drug Diversion: The Use of Data Analytics in Prescription Drug Monitoring

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CATHLEEN LONDON, MD CIPP/US, Class of 2022

Equifax just completed the acquisition of Appriss Insights,[1] who is rebranding as Bamboo Health.[2] How much data sharing goes on between the entities? Just as Appriss’ NarxCare score[3] is a black box[4], never subjected to peer review or outside scrutiny[5], this reorganization seems designed to hide data sharing. Continue reading →

For Adequacy There Must Be a Private Right of Action

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BRANDON BERG, Class of 2021 (Submitted while a student at Maine Law) 

We are still feeling the ripple effects from the European Court of Justice’s Schrems II decision. Among other things, the decision ripped apart the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield with particular exception to the data subject’s inability to seek redress from a court or tribunal. With the goal of U.S. adequacy in mind, the question becomes, how do we move forward? With several privacy bills currently being debated in Congress, one important question must be addressed: do these bills address the judicial remedy concerns cited in Schrems II? Continue reading →