Amanda Estep

STLR Link Roundup – April 26, 2019

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Amanda Estep

“Facebook Investigated in Ireland Over Mishandled Passwords” The Irish Data Protection Commission announced on Thursday, April 25, 2019 that an investigation has been opened by an Irish data regulator into Facebook’s mishandling of passwords for millions of users. Facebook commented on the alleged mishandling passwords in March, saying that it did not “properly mask” passwords for many of its users, instead storing the passwords as plain text in an internal database that Facebook’s staff had Continue Reading →

The Legality of Law Enforcement’s Access to Genetic Testing Profiles without a Court Order

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Amanda Estep

Researchers in the last century have made huge strides in the biological sciences. From the discovery of the double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953, to the completion of the Human Genome Project by the National Human Genome Research Institute fifty years later, researchers have continued to make significant technological and scientific breakthroughs. Genetic testing, a medical test that can determine whether a person has, may develop or can pass on a genetic condition, Continue Reading →