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The State AG Report – 3.7.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Washington AG Adds to Nationwide Efforts to Prevent (A)I,...more

Knobbe Martens

Medtronic Sued for Allegedly Sharing Health Info with Google

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Medtronic Minimed, Inc. and Minimed Distribution Corp. (“Medtronic”) were sued in a class action complaint in the Central District of California on August 30, 2023, by users of Medtronic’s InPen® system. The lawsuit alleges...more

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HHS and FTC Send Joint Letter to 130 Hospital Systems, Telehealth Providers Re: Tracking Technologies

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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission have sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers to emphasize the risks and concerns about the use of...more

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NJ Mental Health Provider’s Response to Negative Online Reviews Costs Practice $30,000 in OCR Penalty

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Unhappy consumers, including patients, are free to express dissatisfaction with services they receive from providers on popular social media or online review platforms, such as Yelp and Google. At least in the healthcare...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC diagnoses common digital practices as both UDAP and breach

In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was diagnosing GoodRx’s use of tracking pixel codes and analytics, its digital strategy, as not only an unfair or deceptive act or abusive practice...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights. Volume 2, Issue 23

Athletic Fashion Dispute in Race to Courthouse - Lululemon and Peloton are suing each other over clothing design patents and trade dress. Specifically, the case involves designs for athletic bras and leggings. Peloton won...more

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Facebook Said-Addressing Ongoing COVID-19 Issues

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We all know that neither Google nor Facebook has a legal degree, but that doesn’t stop your employees from acting as if they do.  More than one employee pushes back on a policy saying, “I read on Facebook___” or “I Googled___...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

HIPAA, Google, and Article III Standing, With a Nod to Kim Kardashian

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In a ruling that could have broad ramifications for health data sharing, a federal judge has ruled that a patient complaining about a hospital sharing his health data without permission lacked standing because he suffered no...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Privacy Concerns Multiply as Digital Contact Tracing Spreads: U.S. Tech Industry Takes the Lead as Congress Fails to Act

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As businesses and other organizations in the private sector cautiously open their doors in the wake of the pandemic, DCT enables more efficient tracing of infected employees and notification to those at-risk. DCT also offers...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Big tech’s access to medical records

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Recent high-profile news articles have drawn public attention to large technology companies’ access to medical information. As a result, health care entities need to prepare for questions about this topic and increased...more

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Google Health's Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns

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Google Health’s Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns - Recently, Google has been at the center of privacy concerns due to its health- sharing collaborations with the University of Chicago Medical Center (the Medical Center)...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Healthcare in the AI Crosshairs

News broke last month that Google partnered with the second-largest health system in the U.S., Ascension Healthcare, to collect and analyze the health information of millions of patients in a program code-named "Project...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Project Nightingale: The Google-Ascension partnership

ethikos 33, no. 12 (December 2019) - On November 11, the Wall Street Journal reported that Alphabet Inc’s Google had formed a partnership with Ascension, a Catholic chain of 2,600 hospitals, doctors’ offices, and other...more

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Google Partners With Ascension To Store And Analyze Millions Of Patient Health Records

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Google has confirmed that it is working with Ascension, one of the nation’s largest health systems in a project that will involve the health data of millions of Americans. Google and Ascension have partnered in a project to...more

Carlton Fields

When Google Meets HIPAA: Some Privacy and Regulatory Issues as Silicon Valley Enters the Health Care Space

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On November 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights announced that it would be examining Google’s collaboration with Ascension, a nonprofit health care system that operates...more

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Privacy and Data Security: 2017 Year in Preview

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Few issues keep executives awake at night more than Privacy and Data Security. New regulations and threats alike are plentiful, varied, and evolving. The rate of change for cybersecurity and information governance continues...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

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In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Privacy, Security, Risk: What You Missed At IAPP Conference

Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more

BakerHostetler

Use of File-Sharing Service Leads To $218,400 Fine For HIPAA Violations

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Internet-based file-sharing services such as Dropbox and Google Drive can be easy and convenient to use, whether via the touch of an app on a mobile device or by opening a browser on a PC. Healthcare professionals are often...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Privacy in the Cloud: A Legal Framework for Moving Personal Data to the Cloud

For many companies, the main question about cloud computing is no longer whether to move their data to the “cloud,” but how they can accomplish this transition. Cloud (or Internet-based on-demand) computing involves a shift...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Tuesday – June 3, 2014

The first Tuesday in June is also the first Tuesday of meterological summer -and a welcome sight after a brutally-long winter for many of our readers. So, here’s to a happy Summer! Google Receives 12,000 Take-Down...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Server Breach Makes ePHI Accessible on Google, Costs Covered Entities $4.8 Million

It would be pretty unsettling if your patient status, vital signs, medications, and laboratory results were available for the world to see on Google, wouldn’t it? According to recent settlement agreements announced by the...more

BakerHostetler

Privacy Class Action – Theories of Liability – 2013 Year in Review

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One hot area of data privacy litigation over the past several years has been data breach class actions brought under the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”), which provides that a person may recover...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Cloud: Google Apps for Business and HIPAA Compliance

Does your company use Google Apps for Business? Are you a health care provider, health plan, or health care clearinghouse (“Covered Entity” or “Covered Entities”) subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

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