A recent federal court decision is a victory for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) covered entities using third-party tracking tools on unauthenticated webpages. These are websites available to the...more
6/26/2024
/ American Hospital Association et al v Becerra Secretary Of Health And Human Services et al ,
Business Associates ,
Covered Entities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Judgment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
IP Addresses ,
Judicial Review ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Warning Letters ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
Hospitals care about patient privacy, but they also have to connect with the public. In the real world, people mostly connect online. Having a fully functional online presence often requires help from third parties. ...more
11/8/2023
/ American Hospital Association ,
Business Associates ,
Class Action ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
Every dramatically new technology, from cryptocurrency to drones to artificial intelligence, poses a regulatory challenge. Governments must decide how to characterize the technology within existing laws, how those existing...more
9/27/2022
/ Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Infrastructure ,
Japan ,
Metaverse ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Authority ,
South Korea ,
Technology ,
Virtual Reality
he Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has focused over the course of 2018-2019 on consumer protection, data security, privacy and FinTech issues as part of its review of "Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in the 21st...more
3/12/2019
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Executive Branch ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Popular ,
Privacy Rule ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Safeguards Rule