23andMe, a pioneer in the DNA testing kit industry, announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and recently asked to select an independent customer data representative regarding any sale of user data....more
4/14/2025
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Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
DNA ,
Genetic Testing ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sale of Assets ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws
With 2025 barely three weeks old, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has already announced six enforcement actions for the new year. Particularly significant is the advancement of...more
1/22/2025
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Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Training
After considerable anticipation and speculation, President Biden recently issued an Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.
While the EO focuses primarily on...more
11/20/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Joe Biden ,
Popular ,
Security Standards ,
Surveillance
Sure, America has the Grand Canyon, baseball, and apple pie, but you know what it doesn’t have? A nationwide data protection law. Instead, data protection has been left up to a pastiche of state laws, regulations, and...more