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Earlier this year, the New York legislature passed the New York Health Information Privacy Act (New York HIPA), establishing strict requirements for handling health data. The legislation shares similarities with Washington’s...more
Just in time for setting a new year’s resolution, the New York Senate passed health privacy bill S-929. This bill was first introduced during the 2024 legislative session but failed to pass. Now in the early weeks of 2025,...more
On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed Senate Bill 255 into law, making New Hampshire the 14th U.S. state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. The law, which becomes effective on January 1, 2025, is...more
Virginia recently adopted a GDPR-inspired comprehensive data protection law for Virginia residents. What Are the Main Points Covered by Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA)? ...more
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
In an era of decreasing reimbursement and rapidly expanding opportunities associated with “big data”, healthcare entities may be looking for ways to monetize protected health information (“PHI”) for their own, non-patient...more
To stay ahead of the new privacy and data security requirements, such as CCPA and recent data security state laws, insurers need to take steps now to navigate the increasingly complex regulatory landscape. This article...more
Nevada has followed in the footsteps of California and its enactment of the game-changing California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) with a significant enhancement to the state’s own consumer privacy law. Known as...more
In 2018, privacy and data security crossed a number of thresholds. In the public mind, through high-profile data breaches and revelations about unexpected uses of personal information, questions of privacy became much more...more