Recent enforcement actions, audit activity, proposed rulemakings, and guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) highlight the agency’s focus on health data...more
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Compliance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
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Risk Management
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
President Biden’s groundbreaking Executive Order on artificial intelligence carries significant implications for the health and life science industry. The Order tasks federal agencies, including those responsible for health...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
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Digital Health ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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