In the first part of this blog post, we looked into the OCR and FTC’s focus on third-party tracking technologies. We also reviewed the AHA Lawsuit and its impact for the use of tracking technologies. In this blog post, we...more
11/19/2024
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Administrative Procedure Act ,
Business Associates ,
Chevron Deference ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Judicial Review ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Vendors ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
Regulatory action and class action lawsuits related to pixels and other website technologies continued to surge in 2023 and 2024, particularly in the healthcare industry....more
11/6/2024
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Technology ,
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ,
Hospitals ,
Mobile Apps ,
NPRM ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Technology ,
Telehealth ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated its agenda, outlining proposed and final rules as well as pre-rule document releases for 2018. A notable, and highly anticipated, advance notice of proposed rulemaking included on the...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a $750,000 fine and resolution agreement, including a Corrective Action Plan (CAP), for Cancer Care Group, P.C. (CCG), a...more
10/14/2015
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Corporate Fines ,
Corrective Actions ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Security Rule
As regularly blogged about on the Data Privacy Monitor, the past 12 months have seen record-breaking HIPAA enforcement activity by HHS OCR. But according to recent remarks by a high-ranking HHS attorney, if you thought these...more