If enacted, the New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) will be the latest in a series of state privacy laws that regulate health data outside of the traditional health care context. It would follow the passage of...more
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated its guidance concerning compliance obligations for HIPAA covered entities and business associates using online tracking...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technologies for surveillance for five years, demonstrating the FTC’s expectations regarding deployments of biometric and artificial...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently has signaled its intent to inject new life into a longstanding but rarely triggered rule governing health breach notifications for non-HIPAA-covered health records. Specifically,...more
2/28/2022
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released an updated guidance document for complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). The revised guidance, released on June 21, 2017, explicitly identifies...more
8/8/2017
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New York AG Settles Data Protection Enforcement Against Mobile Health Apps -
After a year-long investigation into mobile health apps claiming to be able to measure vital signs or health indicators through smartphone...more
4/28/2017
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