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10.12.23

California’s Delete Act Has Passed: What’s in It?

On October 10, Governor Newsom signed SB 362, a law requiring any business that meets the definition of “data broker” to provide detailed disclosures about its practices, register with the state and delete any personal information relating to a California resident upon receiving a ...


10.05.23

Connecticut’s New Law on Consumer Health Data Is Now in Effect—Here’s What You Should Know

Connecticut is the latest state to establish wide-ranging privacy protections for consumer health data and the first to weave such protections into a preexisting comprehensive consumer privacy law.


07.21.23

FTC and HHS Send Letter Warning of Risks From Online Tracking Technologies

On July 20, 2023, the OCR at the HHS and the FTC sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers to alert them to the “serious privacy and security risks” stemming from the use of online tracking technologies integrated into their websites and mobile ...


07.12.23

New FL Law Bans Offshoring Certain Patient Data & Business Relationships with Specific Countries

A first-of-its-kind Florida law requires health care providers to keep certain patient data within the United States, its territories or Canada.


06.15.23

FTC Proposed Health Breach Notification Rule Changes Target the Online Collection of Health Data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to expand its regulation of health care data to ensure the data remains protected when shared with consumer-facing applications.


06.01.23

Regulation of AI Systems is Already Here – Look to Data Protection Laws

As the scramble continues to reckon with the rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, Bard, DALL-E, and Midjourney, and the promise of other AI and machine learning systems (for simplicity, “AI systems”) to come, legal and business professionals ...


04.18.23

Washington’s My Health, My Data Act: What to Know (and What May Surprise You)

Washington state legislators have approved a far-reaching data protection law that could change how businesses collect, use, and disclose consumer health data, including information that is only inferentially related to health and wellness.


02.02.23

FTC Signals New Era of Enforcement with $1.5 Million Penalty for Unauthorized Sharing of Health Data

The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that it has brought its first-ever enforcement action under its Health Breach Notification Rule, against digital health platform GoodRx Holdings, Inc.


10.20.22

Bots Beware: Website Chat Bots Become Latest Target for California Class Actions

California class action lawyers have turned their sights on a new target: websites that employ “chat bots,” digital assistants that allow companies to communicate with customers without employing live website customer service representatives.


09.29.22

California Passes Bills to Protect Abortion Data Privacy

On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills that collectively aim to strengthen privacy safeguards for individuals seeking abortion services.