The surge in new health apps and connected devices, which only increased during the pandemic, continues to raise many legal and ethical questions. As a result, lawmakers have been scrambling to define the obligations...more
10/13/2021
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Connected Items ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medical Devices ,
Mobile Apps ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policy Statement ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements
As children's activities on the Internet have expanded, many states and the federal government have enacted legislation to regulate such activities and other "smart" children’s products—products that collect, transmit or...more
The activities of children on the internet, whether via computers, smart phones, or tablets, have grown exponentially in recent history. As internet access for children increased, parents began losing control of the amount...more
5/17/2016
/ COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Geolocation ,
Internet ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Websites
The European Court of Justice has declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed EU data flows across the Atlantic for the last 15 years. Thousands of U.S. companies have relied on the Safe Harbor...more
10/23/2015
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Model Contracts ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Highly regulated industries such as banking and healthcare have been at the forefront with robust data security regulations for a number of years. Regulators are now focusing on other industries as data breach incidents...more