A recent federal court decision is a victory for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) covered entities using third-party tracking tools on unauthenticated webpages. These are websites available to the...more
6/26/2024
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Business Associates ,
Covered Entities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Judgment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
IP Addresses ,
Judicial Review ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Warning Letters ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
Hospitals care about patient privacy, but they also have to connect with the public. In the real world, people mostly connect online. Having a fully functional online presence often requires help from third parties. ...more
11/8/2023
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Business Associates ,
Class Action ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," data security and privacy attorney Paul Bond is joined by Antonio Rega, managing director at J.S. Held, to discuss the latest developments regarding lawsuits involving the use of...more
The metaverse refers to the newest layer of the internet. It is made accessible by using special hardware. In one variation, this hardware (typically lenses and/or headsets) creates a 360-degree immersive experience (virtual...more
For years, patients and healthcare companies have been wrestling with privacy issues relating to cookies, pixels and other tracking technologies. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Civil Rights...more
12/5/2022
/ Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Guidance ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
Every dramatically new technology, from cryptocurrency to drones to artificial intelligence, poses a regulatory challenge. Governments must decide how to characterize the technology within existing laws, how those existing...more
9/27/2022
/ Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Infrastructure ,
Japan ,
Metaverse ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Authority ,
South Korea ,
Technology ,
Virtual Reality
The metaverse is adding a new layer to the traditional internet, rich with virtual and augmented realities. At the same time, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement is developing new criteria by which...more
In TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, the U.S. Supreme Court upended a class damages award of $40 million under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) against TransUnion, one of the "Big Three" credit reporting agencies. The 5-4...more
7/2/2021
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Class Action ,
Class Members ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
TransUnion ,
TransUnion LLC v Ramirez
For the first time, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released cybersecurity guidance aimed at protecting workers' retirement benefits. The guidance, which was released...more
7/1/2021
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Best Practices ,
CBSA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EBSA ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary ,
New Guidance ,
Plan Administrators ,
Plan Participants ,
Popular ,
Retirement Plan ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Voluntary Self-Audit
Increasingly, companies use facial recognition technology to run their operations. This technology can be used to authenticate employees and customers, to enhance physical security, to reduce fraud and theft, or to customize...more
As a result of both mandatory government restrictions and voluntary safety measures to combat the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), many companies have transitioned all or part of their workforce to a remote working...more
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on March 7, 2020, declared a state of emergency in light of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York. This triggered the state's newly enacted legislation that prohibits telemarketers from...more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that it is "responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in...more
he Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has focused over the course of 2018-2019 on consumer protection, data security, privacy and FinTech issues as part of its review of "Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in the 21st...more
3/12/2019
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Executive Branch ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Popular ,
Privacy Rule ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Safeguards Rule