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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Medicare One-to-One Consent Rules Go Into Effect October 1!

Readers of this blog are aware of the fact that, beginning on October 1, 2024, the Medicare one-to-one consent rules will go into effect – requiring Third Party Marketing Organizations (“TPMOs”) who engage in Medicare-related...more

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FCC Fines Major Wireless Carriers $200 Million for Sharing Customer Geolocation Data

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Early this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers for sharing access to customers’ geolocation information without consent and without taking reasonable...more

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REMINDER: Nevada Joins Washington with a Consumer Health Data Consent Law Now In Effect

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Nevada’s new consumer health data law—like Washington’s My Health My Data Act—implements strict—and separate—consent requirements for the collection and sharing of an individual’s health data, with few exceptions. March...more

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Biometrics Litigation Update: Washington Is Poised to Become a New Frontier for Private Litigants

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In just a few short weeks, a new front may emerge for biometrics litigation in the United States. On March 31, 2024, the My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) will go into effect in Washington for most entities that conduct...more

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The Long-Awaited Part 2 Modifications Are Finalized with New Obligations for Part 2 Providers and Less Friction for Sharing...

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On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a final rule modifying 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) provisions regarding the confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records. The...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data?

With the ever-expanding Internet of Things, data privacy is a growing concern in today’s digital age. The automotive industry is no exception. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) has broad regulatory...more

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Beyond HIPAA: What Businesses Need to Know as States Join Trend to Protect Consumer Health Data

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For decades, medical providers and other covered entities have satisfied their health-data privacy obligations by complying with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) — but this is changing...more

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My Health, My Data Act: Washington State’s New Health Data Privacy Law Has a Nationwide Reach

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Washington state’s My Health, My Data Act (the Act), signed into law in April 2023, is a broad health data privacy law designed to protect consumer health data that falls outside the scope of HIPAA, such as health-related...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Seeks First-Ever Health Breach Notification Rule Enforcement: Pixel Users Beware

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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

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CISR Proposes Teenage Privacy Program Initiative

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On April 19, 2022, the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) Center for Industry Self-Regulation introduced the TeenAge Privacy Program (TAPP), an emerging initiative that sets out to help companies develop a teen-centric approach...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Recreational DNA Industry May Take Liberties With Consumer Data

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Companies collecting consumer DNA for non-medical purposes seem to be playing fast and loose with their customers’ data, according to a well-regarded consumer watchdog. This category of private money makers, which could...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Children’s Privacy is Front and Center in DPC Ireland Report

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With enforcement on children’s data privacy ramping up around the world, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has issued a detailed report on the fundamental principles of such data privacy, as well as some helpful...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 8. In This Month’s E-News: August 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 8 (August, 2021) - “As a steward of the nation’s biomedical research enterprise, NIH is dedicated to ensuring that when data and biospecimens are shared, that it is done ethically and...more

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Inside Privacy Law: The Regulation of Personal Data

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In today’s interconnected world, personal information has never been more broadly collected and analyzed by governments and corporations alike, making it imperative that we understand, enforce and update privacy laws in order...more

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What to Expect from NYC’s Tenant Data Privacy Act

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New York City tenants harboring “big brother” concerns over landlords abusing data collected through smart access (i.e., keyless entry) systems will soon be able to rest easier. Following California, Virginia, and the British...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Apple’s iOS 14 Privacy Changes: Five Practical Tips for App Developers

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When Apple announced that one of the major focuses of iOS 14 would be enhancing user privacy, many in the tech community had questions. How would these changes be rolled out? How would they affect not only the mobile...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Voters May Favor Prop 24 and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 Despite Ambiguities

Nearly a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, Californians now have a chance to weigh in on the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which is on the November 3, 2020, ballot as...more

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Why the Connection Between Biometric Data and eDiscovery Will Continue to Grow

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Everyone has been talking about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lately, namely because the 2018 law became enforceable as of July 1, 2020. This law provides California consumers with a number of privacy-related...more

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Is a company required to separately solicit consent each time that it wants to share personal data with a third party for their...

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No. A company can process data only if one (or more) of six lawful purposes applies.  When sharing personal data with a third party for the purpose of permitting the third party to market to data subjects, companies...more

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If an App asks users to consent to a privacy notice, and the privacy notice discloses that the App shares user information with...

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Arguably not. Some privacy advocates and plaintiffs’ attorneys have argued that the CCPA’s broad definition of the term “sell” might encompass the transmission of user information from an App to an AdTech partner. ...more

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Proposed Changes to Part 2 Rules Ease Substance-Use Disorder Record Sharing

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Recently proposed changes to the federal regulations governing the confidentiality of substance-use disorder patient records (Part 2) would all but eliminate the most significant and intractable barrier to sharing protected...more

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Hawaii Geolocation Privacy Bill Awaits Governor Signature

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A bill banning the non-consensual sale of GPS data sits on the desk of Hawaii’s governor, David Ige. If he takes no action by June 24, 2019, it becomes law....more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert | June 2019 #2

Maine Bill Requires ISPs to Obtain Opt-In Consent from Customers - The Maine legislature has passed a bill that requires internet service providers (ISPs) operating in Maine to obtain express, affirmative consent from...more

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Retailers Should Consider Whether Behavioral Advertising Is Sale of Information Under CCPA

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

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Privacy FAQs: If a website participates in behavioral advertising, does the CCPA require that it disclose that it is “selling”...

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The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

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