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Legal Restrictions on Health Information – Beyond HIPAA

Bodman on 8/29/2023

Appropriately so, providers look first to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (HIPAA), to ensure that they comply with regulations regarding patients’ protected health information...more

FTC Warns That Health Apps May Be Subject to the Health Breach Notification Rule

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/21/2021

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued guidance clarifying protections applicable to consumers’ sensitive personal data increasingly collected by so-called “health apps.” The FTC press release indicated it has...more

HHS to Launch Cybersecurity Center

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 5/8/2017

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon launch a healthcare focused cybersecurity initiative modeled on the Homeland Security Department’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center...more

NY AG Enters Mobile Health App Enforcement Arena with Settlements Targeting Health Claims and Privacy Practices

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 4/11/2017

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced settlements with three mobile health app developers resolving allegations that they made deceptive advertisements and had irresponsible privacy practices. The...more

California Attorney General 'Crowdsources' Reporting of Privacy Policy Violations

Troutman Pepper on 10/20/2016

This initiative by the Attorney General is effective immediately and is just the latest example of California’s effort to increase enforcement of laws aimed at protecting the privacy and data security of individual consumers....more

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