On February 28, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden issued Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (EO), which authorizes...more
3/5/2024
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It has been a long time coming, but the other shoe has finally dropped. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland (parent of Facebook Ireland) €1.2 billion, the highest fine to date under the...more
5/24/2023
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Personal Data ,
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Social Media ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
A patient surfs a hospital system’s website and reads an article about depression and anxiety. The patient then searches the hospital’s website for mental health providers in the area. A few hours later, the patient logs into...more
4/4/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Marketing ,
New Guidance ,
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Personal Information ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Technology Sector ,
Web Tracking
In an opinion released on March 10, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta addressed the applicability of the “right to know” under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (pdf) to internal inferences that...more
4/18/2022
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Data Breach Plans ,
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Privacy Notice Rule ,
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Record Retention ,
Right To Know ,
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