Eric deRuiter

@ridogi
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🌱 Vegan for the animals
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šŸ’ Husband
🐈🐈 Cat dad

šŸ’» Apple and šŸ” Security IT Consultant

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Massachusetts has a bill that requires an opt out but it doesn’t apply to health care.

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H96

#autism #privacy #identityverification #ageverification #mentalhealth #persona #IDverification #biometricdata

What Is the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act?

Illinois’ BIPA sets strict rules on how businesses collect and store biometric data, with real financial penalties for those who don’t comply.

LegalClarity

In NJ for example this bill would require consent, which is not enough as Headway is happy to lose customers who don’t want to give consent. If it is strengthened to require the option of a manual review with your provider or a Headway employee over teleconference, similar to showing your ID when you physically go to a doctor, that would be great.

https://trackbill.com/bill/new-jersey-assembly-bill-1419-prohibits-acquisition-or-disclosure-of-certain-personal-health-information-without-consent/2796330/

#autism #privacy #identityverification #ageverification #mentalhealth #persona #IDverification #biometricdata

Talk to your state representatives and governor. New bills could be written or existing bills could be strengthened to force companies like Headway to provide alternatives to online biometric scanning. Governors could write an executive order.

#autism #privacy #identityverification #ageverification #mentalhealth #persona #IDverification #biometricdata

Headway is not forced to do Identity verification by any law or regulation such as HIPAA. They are doing it voluntarily.

They state "Headway is acting before a regulatory requirement or potential adverse event that might otherwise cause this process to be rushed."

Source: https://help.headway.co/hc/en-us/articles/43891496595220-Verifying-your-identity-as-a-Headway-client

#autism #privacy #identityverification #ageverification #mentalhealth #persona #IDverification #biometricdata

Verifying your identity as a Headway client

Note: Identity verification is rolling out to clients who see prescribers on Headway, in waves over the coming weeks. If you haven't been asked to verify yet, you'll receive a notification when it'...

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Congress Wants to See Your ID Before Using the Internet

BJ talks with Jibran Ludwig, Policy Strategist at Fight for the Future about The Guard Act, which would basically age-gate the Internet.

Stupid Sexy Privacy

I have heard that providers are getting emails telling them that they have to verify their ID by the end of May.

#autism #privacy #identityverification #ageverification #mentalhealth #persona #IDverification #biometricdata

RFK Jr. unveils campaign for ā€˜deprescribing’ antidepressants

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced his new initiative boost ā€œdeprescribingā€ psychiatric medications, during a Make America Healthy Again…

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hey! do you know things? do you wanna learn things? (i hope the answer to both those things is yes)

the other day, I offered on here that i would be happy to teach folks some basic web and terminal stuff. other people picked up the idea, also saying they'd be happy to teach!

so, because i have too much free time and not enough enrichment in my enclosure, it's a simple website now.

introducing fediLearns: https://fedilearns.fyi (edited name and domain)

want to be involved? send me some real basic info (fedi handle, what you want to share, title for your listing, category) and i'll put it on the site! and of course, share the site, either via this post or your own. I'm using the #fediSkillshares hashtag :)

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edit: use #fediLearns ! turns out skillshare is an actual real company that I totally forgot about so I've adjusted a smidge. plus we have an actual domain now so I'm matching the domain :)

FediLearns Classifieds | FediLearns

Learning together, by and for the fediverse

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Oh look, more internet age-gating laws. Tell Congress to oppose the GUARD Act, ok? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/guard-act-isnt-targeting-dangerous-ai-its-blocking-everyday-internet-use
The GUARD Act Isn’t Targeting Dangerous AI—It’s Blocking Everyday Internet Use

Lawmakers in Congress are moving quickly on the GUARD Act, an age-gating bill restricting minors’ access to a wide range of online tools, with a key vote expected this week. The proposal is framed as a response to alarming cases involving ā€œAI companionsā€ and vulnerable young users. But the text of...

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