The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC) has issued its findings and recommendations after investigating the Babylon by Telus Health app under the Health Information Act (HIA)and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). “I support virtual health care solutions and innovations, and I hope the lessons learned from this investigation help other healthcare professionals and…
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U.S. appeals court lifts CDC cruise ship restrictions in win for Florida
David Shepardson and Lawrence Hurley report: A federal appeals court late on Friday reversed course and let stand a lower court order prohibiting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from enforcing coronavirus-related cruise ship rules in Florida. The decision is a win for Florida that had filed a lawsuit arguing the CDC…
Covid 19: Italy’s Privacy Guarantor “warns” the Sicily Region
The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has warned the Region of Sicily and all the subjects involved (provincial health companies, employers, competent doctors) that the processing of personal data carried out in implementation of the ordinance n. 75 of 7 July 2021 of the President of the Sicily Region, in the absence of corrective…
50-State Survey of Health Care Information Privacy Laws
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has made a resource freely available: Seyfarth is pleased to provide you with our 50-State Survey of Health Care Information Privacy Laws. The world continues to struggle with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and pressures mount on health care organizations to properly share personal health information. While resources abound on how federal…