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Federal Trade Commission Hashes Out Aggressive Interpretation of Data Anonymization: What You Need to Know

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a long-standing habit of creating legal obligations through blog posts. Recent communications from the FTC by way of its Office of Technology Blog evidence an aggressive expectation...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Conference - October 10th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Address the latest updates & emerging trends in privacy - Join us this October for HCCA's virtual event dedicated to privacy compliance. This virtual event provides first-hand insights from government agencies regarding...more

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[Webinar] Understanding HIPAA De-Identification: Exploring the Mysterious 18th Identifier - August 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CT

Learning Objectives: - Understand the methods for de-identification - Learn about the differences between anonymization, de-identification, and pseudonymization - Understand what “potential for re-identification”...more

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Five Red Flags in De-identification and Data Monetization for Healthcare Companies

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Healthcare providers running on thin margins or just seeking new (and in the case of tax-exempt providers, permissible) revenue sources may jump at the chance when third party vendors offer to help them monetize their patient...more

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Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records Now More Closely Aligned With HIPAA

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Today the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized rules published in December of 2022 changing the requirements for handling SUD patient information governed by 45 CFR part 2 (Part 2)....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Conference - October 30th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Does your role require you to stay up to date on healthcare privacy issues and trends? Join us this October for HCCA’s newest learning opportunity, the Healthcare Privacy Compliance Conference. This virtual event will...more

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Anonymization Governance: Why It's Important for GDPR and for CPRA

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What does the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office's draft guidance say about governance and anonymization? Why is it important for GDPR and for the host of new US Privacy laws, including CPRA, CDPA and CPA? ...more

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China is Entering a New Era in Data Protections

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On November 1, 2021, the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) (the “Personal Information Protection Law”) went into effect, two months after the Data Security Law of the PRC (the...more

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AB 713 – CCPA’s New De-Identification Amendment is Effective as of January 1 and May Require Operational Changes

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Although it received little notice, the CCPA was amended effective January 1, 2021 to clarify and modify the exemption relating to de-identified data, with particular focus on medical data.  Specifically, AB 713 amended the...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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Canada Update: Québec Proposes Privacy Bill With Teeth, Ontario Ponders Requirements for Data Collection by Private Bodies

On June 12, 2020, Québec’s then minister of justice, Sonia LeBel, tabled in the National Assembly Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information. Bill 64’s purpose is...more

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Amendment to CCPA Harmonizes Data Privacy and Healthcare Information Requirements - Exemptions for de-Identified Patient...

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An amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) was signed in September 2020. The CCPA regulates how large companies treat their customers’ personal information. However, the CCPA and healthcare information...more

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What qualifies as aggregate or de-identified information under the CCPA?

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The CCPA defines both “aggregate consumer information” and “deidentified information.” Aggregate consumer information is defined to mean “information that relates to a group or category of consumers, from which individual...more

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The Data De-Identification Spectrum

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Given the significant risk of harm to individuals stemming from data re-identification, it is imperative that the SJC account for data identifiability in determining which information in court records will be made accessible...more

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Is encrypted data out of the scope of the CCPA?

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In some cases yes, and in other cases no. The CCPA defines “personal information” as information that, among other things, “is capable of being associated with” a particular consumer....more

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Is it possible for a token to still be considered “personal information?”

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Maybe. “Tokenization” refers to the process by which you replace one value (e.g., a credit card number) with another value that would have “reduced usefulness” for an unauthorized party (e.g., a random value used to...more

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Is it possible for data that has undergone salted-hashing to still be considered “personal information?”

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Maybe. “Salting” refers to the insertion of a random value (e.g., a number or a letter) into personal data before that data is hashed.  Whether personal information that has undergone salting and hashing is still...more

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Is it possible for data that has undergone hashing to still be considered “personal information?”

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Maybe. Hashing refers to the process of using an algorithm to transform data of any size into a unique fixed sized output (e.g., combination of numbers). ...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

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New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

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HIPAA spring check-up: Your obligations to safeguard third-party patient health information in medical records produced in...

You’ve had your apple a day, but you can’t keep the subpoenas away… And, if your organization is facing a request seeking records or other materials that may contain patient health information (“PHI”), it bears...more

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Guidelines for De-Identification, Anonymization, and Pseudonymization

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De-identification of data refers to the process used to prevent personal identifiers from being connected with information. The FTC indicated in its 2012 report Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change:...more

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Conducting Market Research? How to Take the "PII" out of Data to Avoid Privacy Concerns

Data can be valuable for a variety of reasons. Organizations often find that one of its greatest values is to research product or service markets, customer behaviors, or market trends. ...more

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At A Glance: De-Identification, Anonymization, and Pseudonymization

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De-identification of data refers to the process used to prevent personal identifiers from being connected with information. The FTC indicated in its 2012 report Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change:...more

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The Downside of De-Identification

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A recent blog published in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology highlights rising concerns that use of anonymized “big data” can cause just as many societal problems as use of non-anonymized consumer data. ...more

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New Hampshire Establishes Privacy Protections for Student Online Personal Information

California again has provided a model of privacy legislation for other states to follow. New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan recently signed into law House Bill 520 (the “Bill”), a bipartisan effort to establish guidelines...more

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