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Right To Know - July 2025, Vol. 31

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Texas Limits Punitive Damage Liability For Data Security Breach...more

McDermott Will & Emery

US healthcare offshoring: Navigating patient data privacy laws and regulations

Unlike other sectors, US healthcare businesses must reconcile cost-saving strategies with stringent compliance obligations, especially when patient data crosses national borders or is accessed overseas....more

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Virginia's Protection of Reproductive Health Information Law – Part One, Scope, Applicability, and Penalties

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In Part One of this FAQ series, we break down Virginia's Senate Bill 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act...more

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Beyond HIPAA: How state laws are reshaping health data compliance

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We are in an era where smartphones track sleep patterns, fitness apps monitor heart rates, and online searches reveal sensitive medical inquiries. As a result, the notion of “health data” has expanded dramatically. This...more

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Don’t Mind If I Do: Montana Says Hands Off Neural Data

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In May 2025, Montana enacted Senate Bill 163 (SB 163), amending that state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (MGIPA) to include protections for neurotechnology data—namely, data collected from the activity of the central or...more

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Right To Know - May 2025, Vol. 29

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Virginia Governor Signs Bill Restricting Minor’s Use of Social Media:...more

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New York Passes Health Privacy Law – Your Questions Answered

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The New York State legislature passed the Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) on January 22, 2025, marking the second state to introduce a comprehensive consumer health data law. If passed, the NYHIPA imposes more...more

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Will New York Be Next to Regulate Specifically Personal Health Information to Further, and Possibly Re-Write, a New Paradigm of...

The New York legislature passed its version of Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“WA MHMDA”) on January 22, 2025. Currently awaiting action by Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NY HIPA”)...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

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New Year, New Rules? New York’s Health Privacy Bill S-929 advances

Just in time for setting a new year’s resolution, the New York Senate passed health privacy bill S-929. This bill was first introduced during the 2024 legislative session but failed to pass. Now in the early weeks of 2025,...more

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New York's Health Information Privacy Act Aims to Strictly Regulate Consumer Health Data

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On January 22, 2025, the New York State Assembly and Senate rapidly passed the wide-ranging New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NY HIPA”). If not vetoed by Governor Kathy Hochul, NY HIPA would be the fourth enacted...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York’s Health Information Privacy Act: A Turning Point for Digital Health or a Roadblock to Innovation?

The proposed New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA), currently awaiting Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature, represents a major step in the state’s approach to protecting personal health data in the digital age. At...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New Year, New Health Privacy Law? – What You Need to Know About NYHIPA

A New York health privacy law has moved quickly through both chambers of the state legislature and is up for review by Governor Kathy Hochul. The New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) bears striking resemblance...more

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New York Senate Passes Landmark Health Privacy Bill S-929

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On Jan. 21, the New York Senate approved a groundbreaking health privacy bill, S-929. The legislation, modeled on Washington state’s My Health My Data Act, aims to extend protections over personal health information beyond...more

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New York’s Proposed Health Information Privacy Act Takes Aim at Digital Health Companies

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The New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA), if enacted, could create a chilling effect on patient access and engagement to readily available digital health care services relied upon by New Yorkers. Digital health...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

With Nod to OCR, Indiana Inks $350K Deal With Dental Firm Following Hack

Recent federal enforcement actions have brought home the lesson that there’s really no acceptable reason for denying a patient timely access to medical records. Last year, for example, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more

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California Attorney General Issues Two Advisories Summarizing Law Applicable to AI

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If you are looking for a high-level summary of California laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI), check out the two legal advisories issued by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The first advisory is directed at...more

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New Year, New Data Breach Notification Requirements in New York: Impactful Changes for Life Sciences and Consumer Health Care...

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In December 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law two bills (A8872A and S2376B; collectively, the “Bills”) that amend New York’s Data Breach Notification Law. The Bills introduce a maximum thirty-day timeframe...more

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Texas AG Challenges HHS Privacy Rules

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On September 4, Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), challenging two key Health Insurance Portability and...more

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New State Health Privacy Laws—Moving Beyond HIPAA and Recasting Consumer Health Data Rights?

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New, first-of-their-kind consumer health data privacy laws in Washington and Nevada are designed to provide state-level protections for personal health data not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

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Washington’s My Health My Data Act – A Roadmap for Compliance

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What is the new Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMDA)? MHMDA aims to provide stronger privacy protections for “consumer health data” by: - Requiring additional disclosures for the collection, use, and sharing of...more

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Consumer Health Data Privacy Laws Coming March 31, 2024

Washington and Nevada join the ever-growing group of states passing laws to regulate data privacy with the Washington My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) and the Nevada Consumer Health Data Privacy Law (the “CHDPL”), both of...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Health Care Worker Finger Scans Are Exempt From BIPA

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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

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Illinois Supreme Court: Finger-Scan Information Collected by Healthcare Providers to Access Medications Is Exempt From BIPA...

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On November 30, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously held in Mosby et al. v. The Ingalls Memorial Hospital et al. that when biometrics of healthcare employees are collected in the course of providing medical services,...more

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CCPA Amendments Extend Protections to Reproductive Health and Citizenship Status

Governor Newson recently signed two amendments to the CCPA strengthening protections for certain data types. The changes go into effect January 1, 2024....more

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