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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Anonymization

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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)

[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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Deidentification vs Anonymization: What Is Enough?

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For deidentification under the traditional laws like HIPAA, removal of identifiers qualifies. That was a key facet of what I discussed last week on an anonymization panel during the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress...more

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Recent FTC Post Commits to Protecting Sensitive Health Data After White House Issues Related Executive Order

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On July 8, 2022, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, the president signed an executive order that called on a number of federal agencies to take steps to protect reproductive rights. He specifically asked the...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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HHS Data-Scrubbing Guidance Backs Strict Privacy Definitions By Allison Grande

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Originally published in Law360 on November 29, 2012 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently affirmed the validity of the current methods for scrubbing patient records of identifying data under...more

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