Note: Any informed reader will already know that HIPAA has no private cause of action. I wish the headline of this news story had not been misleading, but I suppose Newsweek’s editors could say, “Well people did call for it, so we’re reporting it even though it can’t happen.” Andrew Stanton reports: Calls mounted on…
Category: Laws
Leaked: Draft Version of the European Health Data Space Regulation
Kristof Van Quathem, Sam Jungyun Choi, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: On March 3, 2022, a leaked version of the proposal for a regulation setting up the European Health Data Space was published. The draft regulation will set up a common framework across EU Member States for the sharing and…
Inquiry after leak of “Official Sensitive” information involving Queen
BBC reports: An inquiry is under way after official correspondence about procedures for when the Queen dies was accidentally leaked by the Welsh government. The correspondence and a security pamphlet marked “official sensitive”, was emailed to a member of the public. Read more at BBC. Well, from reading the full article, PogoWasRight learned that something…
Judge considers novel privacy challenge brought by California gun owners
Bianca Bruno reports: An attorney representing millions of California gun owners said Tuesday their challenge to a California law disclosing their personal information to gun violence researchers is the first of its kind. […] At issue is a constitutional challenge by California gun owners who claim Assembly Bill 173 — a 2021 law which amended California firearms…