News & Analysis as of September 18, 2024

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The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA,... more +

California Joins the Neural Data Bandwagon

Alston & Bird on 9/13/2024

On August 31, the California assembly passed SB1223, which amends the CCPA/CPRA to include “neural data” as a type of sensitive data. SB1223, which is likely to become law, defines “neural data” as “information that is...more

Looking Down the Road: Data Privacy Priorities in 2024

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/16/2024

2023 brought a surge of data privacy developments, with a large expansion of state comprehensive privacy laws, litigation of new claims based on older laws (e.g. wiretapping and VPPA cases), increased scrutiny on data...more

As of January 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulates De-identified Patient Information: Prompt Action Required

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 1/12/2021

Signed into law in September 2020, AB 713 aimed to clarify certain exemptions from the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CCPA) in order to ease compliance challenges encountered by companies in life sciences,...more

Top Five Health-Care Privacy, Security Developments to Watch in 2021

WilmerHale on 12/10/2020

Health-care privacy is at a crossroads. For almost 20 years, the health-care industry has addressed the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, building reasonable and appropriate compliance programs from an...more

CCPA Amendment Further Harmonizes with HIPAA and Provides Additional Exemptions

Troutman Pepper on 10/2/2020

On September 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-713 into law, which relaxes some of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance challenges faced by the health care and life science industries — more...more

International News: Focus on Global Privacy and Cybersecurity - September 2020

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/15/2020

Generally, contact tracing refers to an effort by public health officials to identify individuals with whom a patient who has tested positive for an infectious disease has been in close proximity. Public health officials will...more

COVID-19 and Data Protection Compliance in the US

White & Case LLP on 4/15/2020

Irrespective of your industry, the current COVID-19 pandemic poses a new and unique challenge to organizations, their employees, and their customers. The emergence of COVID-19 has prompted organizations to collect and process...more

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Changes in Health Data Privacy Legislation

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/19/2019

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, and Brexit. Up next:...more

Applying the CCPA to Health Care: The HIPAA Exemption, Exercise Apps, and Marketing Data

Carlton Fields on 9/11/2019

Despite its breadth, California's new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), creates an exemption designed around the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). That exemption is...more

The Privacy Survival Guide - July 2019

Polsinelli on 8/1/2019

Polsinelli is pleased to share The Privacy Survival Guide. This newsletter is a designated source of news, information and guidance on the constantly evolving health care privacy industry. ...more

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