In the first part of this blog post, we looked into the OCR and FTC’s focus on third-party tracking technologies. We also reviewed the AHA Lawsuit and its impact for the use of tracking technologies. In this blog post, we...more
11/19/2024
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Administrative Procedure Act ,
Business Associates ,
Chevron Deference ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Judicial Review ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Vendors ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
Regulatory action and class action lawsuits related to pixels and other website technologies continued to surge in 2023 and 2024, particularly in the healthcare industry....more
11/6/2024
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Technology ,
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ,
Hospitals ,
Mobile Apps ,
NPRM ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Technology ,
Telehealth ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
On June 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas issued its final order in American Hospital Association, et al. v. Becerra, et al. (AHA), granting the plaintiffs’ (the American Hospital Association, two Texas health systems...more
6/28/2024
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Business Associates ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Hospitals ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Authority ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) issued its guidance on “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” on Dec. 1, 2022 Original...more
Health privacy has been a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) priority for decades, and indeed, one of its very first privacy cases, in the early 2000s, involved the inadvertent sharing of user health data. Fast-forward a few...more
2/8/2023
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Antitrust Violations ,
Data-Sharing ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
PHI ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Policy ,
Software ,
Third-Party ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Web Tracking