John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan report: Singapore plans to give a wearable device that will identify people who had interacted with carriers of coronavirus to each of its 5.7 million residents, in what could become one of the most comprehensive contact-tracing efforts globally. Testing of the small devices, which can be worn on the end…
Category: Healthcare
Bipartisan Bill Introduced in Senate Would Regulate COVID-19 Apps
Calvin Cohen of Covington & Burling writes Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation this week to address privacy issues in the COVID-19 era. The proposal, entitled the “Exposure Notification Privacy Act,” would regulate “automated exposure notification services” developed to respond to COVID-19. This bipartisan legislation comes on the heels of…
NJ psychologist loses appeal; must reimburse state more than $100,000 in investigative costs in confidentiality breach case
There’s a development in a medical confidentiality breach case that has been going on for years. In December, 2015, Pro Publica reported the case of Dr. Barry Helfmann,and Short Hill Associates in New Jersey, who were being sued for revealing patients’ names and diagnostic codes and treatment codes in collection lawsuits filed by a law…
Belgian DPA Publishes Opinions on Draft Laws for the Creation of a Database and for the Use of Contact Tracing Apps for COVID-19 Tracking
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 25 and May 26, 2020 respectively, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) published two opinions on draft laws introducing COVID-19-related tracking initiatives: (1) the Opinion 42/2020 on the draft law for the creation of a database by Sciensano, a public health institution (“Opinion 42/2020”), and (2) the…