#datasec

"A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms." https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/cpsc-consumer-product-safety-commission-trump-er-injury-data-grab-neiss-konza/ #PublicHealth #CPSC #hospitals #EmergencyMed #EMR #EHR #privacy #infosec #datasec

"Hundreds of millions of people a week turn to ChatGPT for health advice, and now the platform has a dedicated space for those users. This week, OpenAI rolled out Health in ChatGPT, where users can upload medical records such as lab results and medications, and connect Apple Health to allow the platform access to health and fitness data." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chatgpt-health-medical-records-advice-expert-risks/ #healthcare #AI #technology #privacy #infosec #datasec

In what appears to be a deliberate, covert move, chipmaker & federal contractor #AMD stripped memory #encryption from its consumer CPUs “AMD has yet to say why TSME [Transparent Secure Memory Encryption] worked on these CPUs, or even to confirm the change. AMD declined to answer questions sent by email other than to say TSME “is a security feature only applied to PRO CPUs as part of AMD PRO Technologies.” The statement is the first known time the chipmaker has explicitly made this restriction public.” #privacy #datasec #infosec #4A #personalSecurity #massSurveillance https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/users-cry-foul-after-amd-stripped-memory-crypto-from-its-consumer-cpus