On November 30, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) does not apply to health care workers whose fingerprints are collected, stored, and used to access medication and...more
12/19/2023
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Data Collection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Fingerprints ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Illinois ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Technology
Editor’s Note: Texas, Oregon, and Delaware became the latest states to pass a comprehensive privacy bill, while the CPRA, Connecticut, and Colorado’s privacy laws came into force. In the litigation world, the FTC filed an...more
7/20/2023
/ California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
State Data Privacy Laws
On April 27, the state of Washington enacted the My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), a comprehensive health privacy law that imposes broad restrictions on how “consumer health data” can be used by companies doing business in the...more
Editor’s Note: As the nation celebrated National Privacy Day on January 28, in regulatory news, the Colorado AG published a third version of its proposed regulations, and the CPPA voted to submit its draft regulations to the...more
Editor’s Note: In regulatory news, the Federal Trade Commission extended the deadline to comply with the Safeguards Rule, and Health and Human Services issued guidance for the use of online tracking technology under HIPAA. In...more