Key Takeaway: Organizations must conduct a fact-based analysis to determine whether health data collection and tracking technology deployed on their websites and mobile apps complies with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and other applicable laws and guidance.
Cookies, web beacons, and similar technology are used to collect and analyze data
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.
FTC Emphasizes Commitment to Protection of Highly Sensitive Data
Federal and State Actions to Protect Robocall Invasion of Consumer
Yesterday the Acting Associate Director of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Division of Privacy & Identity Protection posted a blog underscoring the agency’s “unprecedented” concerns to individuals’ personal privacy with connected devices. This announcement comes in the wake of an Executive Order from President Biden intended to address, among other issues, the potential threat to
To stay up to date on the newest developments in data privacy, security and innovation, be sure to register for Team CPW’s speaking engagements in December. Details for the events next month are available below.
December 2: Association of Corporate Counsel Just In Time CLE December 2
Kyle Fath and Kristin Bryan will be speaking
In case you missed it, below is a summary of recent posts from CPW. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in additional information on any of the developments covered.
In a significant development impacting all developers of certified Health IT and health care providers, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (“IFC”) delaying compliance dates and timeframes for information blocking and the health IT certification
If you are interested in learning more about the data privacy issues associated with digital health passports in the live entertainment sector, please read, Francesca Fellowes’ post, Are Digital Health Passports the Key to Unlocking UK Stadiums? The data privacy perspective, published in our sister blog, Sports Shorts.
Further to our earlier blog on the data protection aspects of responding to COVID-19, we note that the ICO have now issued guidance on the matter, answering some of the key questions for organisations, businesses and employers.
This is helpful guidance, issued under a statement aimed at public bodies and health practitioners, (so could easily
Cybersecurity awareness recently took center stage in the healthcare industry when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued comprehensive risk-prioritized cybersecurity best practices to combat top threats. HHS mapped this guidance to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework, cross-referencing 88 individual sub-practices for healthcare organizations of all sizes.
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