Jul 18, 2022 Press Release The Committee Will Vote on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act in Addition to Several Other Consumer Protection & Commerce Bills Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, July 20, at 9:45 a.m. (EDT) in…
Category: Govt
Anonymization v. De-Identification, Post-Dobbs; Rumblings from the FTC
Christopher Escobedo Hart of Foley Hoag writes: When is personal data “anonymized”? The answer to this question has largely been based on jurisdiction. If your business is in the U.S., so long as HIPAA or the CCPA does not govern, then generally aggregated or de-identified data could often be considered “anonymized” for legal compliance purposes. …
HHS Issues Guidance to the Nation’s Retail Pharmacies Clarifying Their Obligations to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services
From HHS OCR: Today, following President Biden’s Executive Order on ensuring access to reproductive health care, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing guidance to roughly 60,000 U.S. retail pharmacies, reminding them of their obligations under federal civil rights laws. The guidance makes clear that as recipients of federal financial assistance,…
Amazon’s Ring gave a record amount of doorbell footage to the government in 2021
Zack Whittaker reports: Ring, the maker of internet-connected video doorbells and security cameras, said in its latest transparency report that it turned over a record amount of doorbell footage and other information to U.S. authorities last year. The Amazon-owned company said in two biannual reports covering 2021 that it received 3,147 legal demands, an increase of about…