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Selected U.S. Privacy and Cyber Updates - New York AG Seeks Comments on Rulemaking for Minors’ Online Protection Laws - On August 1, 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued two advanced notices of proposed...more
SEC Fines the New York Stock Exchange’s Parent Company $10 million for Failure to Promptly Notify Its Subsidiaries of Cybersecurity Breach - On May 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) imposed a $10...more
On February 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued its annual reports to Congress detailing its actions to enforce the privacy, security, and breach notification...more
يُعد نظام حماية البيانات الشخصية (النظام) أول نظام شامل لحماية البيانات في المملكة العربية السعودية. من المتوقع أن تبدأ الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (الهيئة) في الإنفاذ الكامل للنظام اعتبارًا من 14 سبتمبر 2024،...more
On Feb. 16, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published its 2022 Annual Report to Congress. ...more
As we have detailed previously, 2023 was a landmark year for privacy law, featuring numerous developments at the federal, state and international levels, ranging from newly enacted statutes to massive regulatory enforcement...more
On November 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement action against Global Tel*Link Corporation and two of its subsidiaries (collectively, “GTL”), which provide communications and payment services to...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been aggressively pursuing enforcement actions that involve companies using applications that share consumer personal health information with third parties in violation of the Health...more
If you are in the consumer health space, you have (or at least we hope you have...) figured out by now that there are health-related privacy and security laws and regulations that apply to your business. The Federal Trade...more
With recent events underscoring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) heightened scrutiny of and enforcement efforts against health app companies collecting or using consumer health information, it's imperative for these same...more
The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights are cautioning hospitals and telehealth providers about the privacy and security risks related to the use of online...more
Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy, Consumer Protection/FTC, and Health Care Teams examine the Federal Trade Commission’s continued focus on consumer privacy in the digital health care space....more
The FTC recently proposed amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). This is on trend with its aggressive interest over the last couple of years in health data not covered by HIPAA....more
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its first-ever enforcement action under the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR” or “the Rule”). In a complaint filed in February, the agency alleged that GoodRx...more
For the first time since it became law on Aug. 25, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has taken enforcement action under 16 C.F.R. § 318, also known as the Health Breach Notification Rule, with a $1.5 million civil...more
On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had taken enforcement action against prescription drug discount company GoodRx, which agreed to injunctive relief and to pay a $1.5 million civil...more
The Federal Trade Commission earlier this month undertook an enforcement action against online pharmacy and telehealth provider GoodRx, in the latest example of the agency seriously pursuing its role as the nation’s de facto...more
For the first time, the Federal Trade Commission has brought an enforcement action under its 2009 Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). The case was brought against a digital health company, GoodRx Holdings, Inc., for...more
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has brought its first enforcement action for violations of the Health Breach Notification Rule ("HBNR"), signaling heightened federal agency scrutiny of digital health platforms,...more
On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it filed a “first-of-its-kind proposed order” under its Health Breach Notification Rule promulgated pursuant to section 13407 of the American Recovery...more
On February 1, 2023, the FTC announced a proposed $1.5 million settlement with GoodRx Holdings, based on alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) and Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”) for...more
For the first time ever, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking enforcement under the Health Breach Notification Rule. This regulation requires certain businesses not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and...more
Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 4 (April, 2022) - By many measures, David Northcutt’s unsuccessful 2018 bid for the Alabama senate was a costly one. Northcutt, a dentist, loaned his campaign $73,000 throughout the...more
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Twitter 450,000 euros (about US$546,000) for failing to timely notify the Irish DPC within the required 72 hours of discovering a Q4 2018 breach involving a bug in its Android...more
Dive into a broad spectrum of topics affecting healthcare organizations. Explore the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s privacy compliance program. Our Academies are...more