The GLP-1 Telehealth Boom: Can HIPAA Keep Up with Consumer Privacy Risks?

*Benjamin Wachs I. Introduction About one in every eight adults in the United States are taking GLP-1 medications to help treat diabetes and facilitate weight loss.[1] The immense success of these drugs on patients’ weight loss has earned them the nickname “miracle drugs.” [2] The industry is projected to boom into a 30-billion-dollar market byContinue reading “The GLP-1 Telehealth Boom: Can HIPAA Keep Up with Consumer Privacy Risks?”

Are Family Homes Really Private?: A Look into CPS Investigations and the 4th Amendment

*Christina Han I. Introduction In New York City, Ronisha Ferguson, mother of three, suddenly heard loud banging on her door while waiting for her two sons to return from school.[1] Having an intricate history of dealing with the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), she knew that the ones knocking on her door were, once again,Continue reading “Are Family Homes Really Private?: A Look into CPS Investigations and the 4th Amendment”

Go Back to Bed, America, Your Government is Watching Over You: What is a “Reasonable Expectation of Privacy” if Modern Surveillance Tools are in “General Public Use”?

*Bradley Rosen I. Privacy Protections Under the Fourth Amendment         The Fourth Amendment of the Federal Constitution protects the people’s right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.”[1] The Supreme Court of the United States recognizes that “[t]he ‘basic purpose of [the Fourth] Amendment’ . . . ‘isContinue reading “Go Back to Bed, America, Your Government is Watching Over You: What is a “Reasonable Expectation of Privacy” if Modern Surveillance Tools are in “General Public Use”?”