At a recent “Make HealthTech Great Again” event, the White House and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the launch of a digital health technology ecosystem in partnership with private sector...more
Wearable health technology is rapidly transforming the landscape of professional sports. From heart rate monitors and GPS trackers to biometric gloves and brain health sensors, these devices are now commonplace in...more
Join Thora Johnson and Jeremy Sherer to learn about: Evaluating compliance through privacy notices Key questions to address, from leadership accountability to employee training...more
Thora Johnson shares simple guidance on: Data management for privacy compliance Ensuring data security through storage and retention practices...more
The Montana Legislature recently passed an update to the state’s Uniform Health Care Information Act (the Act), which creates standards for privacy and security of health care information maintained by Montana health care...more
Sports teams, leagues, agents and venues collecting personal information from athletes, fans and sponsors must comply with evolving privacy regulations. Here are key takeaways from a conversation Orrick recently hosted with...more
The DOJ has finalized a set of prohibitions and restrictions on cross-border transfers of certain U.S. data to China and other “Countries of Concern” (for now, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela), as well as to...more
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule—the...more
The Department of Justice has finalized prohibitions and restrictions on cross-border transfers of certain data to China and other “Countries of Concern” (as defined below). It seeks to address what is, in the U.S....more
1/21/2025
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International Data Transfers ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
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Personal Data ,
Russia
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated its Health Breach Notification Rule that applies to non-HIPAA, consumer health data. Among the revisions, the FTC expanded or introduced key definitions and modified the...more
7/31/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
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Data Protection ,
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Legislators in Colorado have passed the first law in the United States meant to protect a consumer’s brainwaves. While advances in neurotechnology such as brain-computer interfaces that can translate a person’s thoughts into...more
Two new privacy laws regulating consumer health data in Nevada and Washington take effect March 31. These novel laws take an expansive view of “consumer health data” and cover much more data than you may expect....more
The average cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high of $4.45 million, according to IBM. Regulatory requirements, scrutiny, and enforcement have continued to expand. As we kick off 2024, here are the key action...more
Connecticut is the third state to adopt consumer health data privacy protections, following Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMD”) and Nevada’s new consumer health data privacy law. It is the first state, however, to...more
The Nevada legislature recently passed Senate Bill 370 (“Nevada’s Consumer Health Data Privacy Law”) aiming to impose broad requirements on collecting, using, and selling consumer health information. Nevada joins Washington...more
The state of Washington recently enacted My Health My Data (“MHMD”), a game-changing new consumer privacy law focused on health data. MHMD establishes an expansive notice and consent regime for consumer health data with...more
To help your company get its United States (U.S.) state privacy compliance program on the right track in 2022, Orrick's Cyber' Privacy & Data Innovation Group has analyzed the differences between key topics for the California...more
3/15/2022
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California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
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State Privacy Laws
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) became law on December 16, 2020, and amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). When the CPRA becomes fully operative on January 1, 2023, these important changes, among...more