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My Health, My Dollar: Amazon’s Health Data Troubles in Washington

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Amazon faces allegations of unauthorized data collection in violation of federal and state privacy laws, including a first-of-its-kind claim under Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”). The MHMDA restricts businesses...more

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New York’s Health Information Privacy Act Poised to Become the Latest in a Growing Trend of State Data Privacy Laws

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New York State appears poised to become the fourth state to explicitly regulate consumer health data not covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more

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New York Legislature Passes Health Information Privacy Bill

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Last week, the New York legislature passed the New York Health Information Privacy Act (S 929) (the “Act”). If signed into law, the Act will add New York to the list of states that have enacted consumer health data-specific...more

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Right To Know - November 2024, Vol. 23

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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Upcoming Consumer Privacy Laws: What Organizations Must Know for 2024 and 2025

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Over the past several years, the number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws has increased exponentially from just a handful—California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah—to up to twenty by some...more

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Consumer Privacy Update: What Organizations Need to Know About Impending State Privacy Laws Going into Effect in 2024 and 2025

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Over the past several years, the number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws has increased exponentially from just a handful—California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah—to up to twenty by some...more

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Out of Sync: Mitigating Data Privacy and Security Risks Stemming From Data Syncing Across Devices

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With organizations holding more and more data digitally, there is an increased need to ensure data remains accessible across the organization at any given time. To that end, many organizations use tools that synchronize the...more

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Maryland Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law, Joining the Swelling State Ranks

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Maryland’s governor recently signed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA), making Maryland one of six states—along with Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island—to pass a comprehensive...more

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A New Line for Privacy in the Old Line State: Maryland Enacts a Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

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On May 9, 2024, Governor Wes Moore signed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), making Maryland the seventeenth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. While similar in certain respects to most Virginia Model...more

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Land of 10,000 Data Lakes: Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act Signed Into Law

On May 25, 2024, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (the "Act"), which takes effect on July 31, 2025, for most controllers and on July 31, 2029, for certain postsecondary educational...more

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Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act Signed Into Law

On April 4, 2024, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (the "KCDPA" or "Act"), which takes effect January 1, 2026. The KCDPA maps in large part to the Virginia Consumer Data...more

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Bipartisan Federal Privacy Act Proposed in US

On April 7, 2024, a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act was introduced. Bringing forth this bipartisan-supported bill represents a significant step toward privacy regulation in the United States. The proposed act brings...more

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Nebraska Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law

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On April 12, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill 1074 into law, making Nebraska the 16th U.S. state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. The Nebraska Data Privacy Act (NEDPA) will take effect on January 1,...more

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Updated OCR guidance does not solve HIPAA’s tracker uncertainty

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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated its guidance concerning compliance obligations for HIPAA covered entities and business associates using online tracking...more

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The Countdown to Complete Your Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy Under the Washington My Health My Data Act

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Almost one year ago, Washington State passed the “My Health, My Data” Act (the Act), which aims to protect Washington consumer health data, particularly data related to reproductive healthcare. The Act is the first law in the...more

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Friendly Reminder - Finalize and Post Your Consumer Health Data Privacy Notice Before March 31

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Friendly reminder – the Washington My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”) compliance deadline for regulated entities to post their consumer health data privacy policy is March 31, 2024 (June 30, 2024 for small businesses). A...more

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New Jersey Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the first state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law in the new year, with Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) signing the New Jersey Privacy Act (NJPA) (SB 332) into law. The New Jersey law...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 5, 2024

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Keypoint: It was a busy week for committee hearings as the 2024 session picked up speed heading into February. Below is the second weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024....more

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What Healthcare Industry Players Need to Know About the Evolving Landscape of State Consumer Privacy Laws

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With the flurry of new consumer privacy laws enacted in states across the country, it is vital for healthcare companies that are not regulated under HIPAA to remain informed of this changing landscape in order to plan and...more

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Are You Ready? How CCPA-Regulated Businesses Can Plan for Compliance with California’s Forthcoming Cybersecurity Regulations

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released initial draft regulations for cybersecurity audits (which have since been amended) and risk assessments late this summer. The agency’s board of directors addressed the...more

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Inside the Healthcare Industry: Understanding Emerging Data Privacy & Security Risks and Regulations

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According to the Theft Resource Center and its 2022 data breach reports, data privacy and security threats are impacting all aspects of the healthcare industry – from providers to payers to medical device companies to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...more

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Your Organization Has Suffered a Data Incident: Now Here Are the Regulators It Will Likely Encounter

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Government regulators are seemingly as numerous as the stars nowadays, especially in the universe of data incidents. When organizations experience a data incident, they will need to quickly assess what happened, why it...more

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3 Questions Healthcare Provider Organizations Need to Consider when Implementing Pixel Tracking Technologies

Online tracking technologies, such as pixels, have become a common feature of the modern web and app ecosystem. Pixels and other online tracking technologies may be configured to collect user data about website visits,...more

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Oregon Enacts Comprehensive State Privacy Law

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On July 18, 2023, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (SB 619)(“OCPA”) into law, making Oregon the eleventh state to enact a comprehensive state privacy law. OCPA will take effect on July 1,...more

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