Elizabeth Nolan Brown writes: Data privacy talk in Congress seems kind of ironic coming just a week after lawmakers rejected a proposal to make federal authorities get a warrant to search Americans’ electronic communications. But in keeping with that move, the American Privacy Rights Act—a draft data privacy bill that will be getting a hearing in the…
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The Biden-Harris Administration Issues New Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Under HIPAA
The Final Rule strengthens privacy protections for medical records and health information for women, their family members, and doctors who are seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care. April 22 – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced…
Alcohol Addiction Treatment Firm Banned from Disclosing Health Data for Advertising to Settle FTC Charges that It Shared Data Without Consent
In February 2023, The Markup and STAT reported that a bipartisan group of senators fiercely criticized several prominent telehealth startups for failing to protect their patients’ sensitive health information, citing an investigation by The Markup and STAT. Their investigation had included Monument. On April 11, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had taken action…
Proposed FTC Order Prohibits Telehealth Firm Cerebral from Using or Disclosing Sensitive Data for Advertising Purposes, Requires it to Pay $7M
April 15 – Cerebral, Inc. has agreed to an order that will restrict how the company can use or disclose sensitive consumer data and require it to provide consumers with a simple way to cancel services to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the telehealth firm failed to secure and protect sensitive health data. Under the…