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23andMe Bankruptcy Raises Legal Concerns Over Genetic Data Privacy

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23andMe’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has sparked significant concerns over the privacy and security of genetic data belonging to its 15 million customers. Founded in 2006, 23andMe built its business around...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 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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Maryland Enacts Sweeping Privacy Reform

The push by U.S. states to pass data privacy laws continues with Maryland being the 18th state to join their ranks. However, Maryland has taken a more stringent and comprehensive approach than many of its peers: Governor Wes...more

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New Jersey Adopts a Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

2023 was a record-breaking year, with legislators in Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas passing comprehensive data privacy laws, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. Already...more

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California’s Privacy Laws: Financial and Medical Data, Website Usage, Children’s Data, Data Brokers, and Customer Records

California has a long history of protecting privacy rights. Article I, Section 1, of the California Constitution expressly provides a right of privacy. Recently, the focus has been on compliance with the California Consumer...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - February 2024

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The early weeks of 2024 have seen continued activity on the state comprehensive privacy law front. Since our last update, at least 11 new comprehensive privacy bills have been proposed. In particular, Georgia, Hawaii,...more

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New Jersey Privacy Act Kicks off New Year with New Comprehensive State Privacy Law

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Earlier this month New Jersey became the thirteenth state to pass a comprehensive privacy law aimed at protecting residents’ personal information and starting a new round of comprehensive state privacy laws providing such...more

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Top Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues to Track In 2024

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In recognition of International Privacy Day on January 28, we wanted to share some insights on the top privacy and cybersecurity issues for the new year. Data privacy and cybersecurity will continue to be one of the most...more

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New Jersey Governor Signs Comprehensive Privacy Law

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 322 ("the Act"), making New Jersey the fourteenth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia,...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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FTC Emerges as Leader in Health Privacy Enforcement

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Over the past year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has emerged as a leading actor in the health privacy enforcement space, spearheading enforcement actions, policy statements, and regulatory changes all aimed at...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Laws – Beaver State Makes a Dozen

Oregon’s governor has now signed into law the state’s comprehensive privacy law. Meaning, there are now 12 states with these laws, six of which were passed just this year (others passed in 2023 were Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee,...more

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Texas to Join the Ranks of States with a Comprehensive Privacy Law

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) on June 18, 2023. With the passage of TDPSA, Texas becomes the tenth state to adopt a consumer data privacy law. TDPSA passed the...more

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Privacy ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas’: An Overview of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act

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Texas, long lauded as one of the most “business-friendly” states, has passed a comprehensive privacy law that will bring new regulations to consumer personal data. The new Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”), H.B....more

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Tennessee Information Protection Act Is Signed Into Law

The Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) passed unanimously through both houses of the Tennessee legislature and was signed by Governor Bill Lee on May 11, 2023. Tennessee joins seven states in enacting a comprehensive...more

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Washington State’s My Health, My Data Act Sent to Governor

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Since the privacy and security regulations were issued under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), critics pointed to the limitations on the reach of those rules. A critical limitation...more

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Washington State is Set to Expand Protection of Consumer Health Data

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Washington State (“Washington”) is preparing to break new ground in the privacy law space, as its legislature finalizes the “My Health My Data Act“ which will further regulate how health data of Washington residents should be...more

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Reviewing Online Tracking Technologies Could Keep HIPAA-Regulated Entities Out of Hot Water

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A patient surfs a hospital system’s website and reads an article about depression and anxiety. The patient then searches the hospital’s website for mental health providers in the area. A few hours later, the patient logs into...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - February 2023

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The past two weeks have seen continued developments in the state comprehensive privacy legislative landscape. Maryland, Minnesota, and Texas have entered the fray with new proposals, bringing the total number of states that...more

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CPRA is in Effect: What Health and Life Sciences Entities Need to Know

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The long-awaited January 1, 2023 effective date of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has arrived and cannot be ignored or dismissed any longer. Many health care entities are aware of the Health Insurance Portability...more

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Recent Congressional Privacy Proposals

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Last week, two bills were proposed in Congress aimed at improving consumer privacy protection. These proposals focus on specific areas of privacy law – health data that falls outside of HIPAA and do-not-track signals....more

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Massachusetts Legislature Evaluates Its Own Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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The Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act (MIPSA) continues to advance through the state legislative process, and is now before the full legislature. While the Act has several hurdles to clear before becoming...more

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What Virginia’s New Privacy Law Means for Organizations in the Healthcare Industry

Virginia is now the second state, after California, to pass a comprehensive privacy law. The Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) will come into effect January 1, 2023 (the same time as the modification to California’s...more

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Virginia Approves New Data Privacy Law: States Take The Lead As U.S. Trends Closer To Europe’s GDPR

On March 2, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was signed into law, becoming the second comprehensive state privacy law in the United States. The VCDPA reflects core principles from the California Consumer...more

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