Karl Bode reports: Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has unveiled updated privacy legislation he says will finally bring accountability to corporations that play fast and loose with your private data. Dubbed the Mind Your Own Business Act, the bill promises consumers the ability to opt out of data collection and sale with a single click. It…
Category: Laws
Roger Severino Gives Update on OCR HIPAA Enforcement Priorities
HIPAA Journal reports: Roger Severino, Director of the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, has given an update on OCR’s HIPAA enforcement priorities at the OCR/NIST 11th Annual HIPAA Conference in Washington D.C. Severino confirmed that one of OCR’s top policy initiatives is still enforcing the rights of patients under the HIPAA Privacy Rule and ensuring they…
Massachusetts Senator Introduces Legislation Imposing Obligations on Data Brokers
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., has introduced a bill (S. 2577) imposing considerable obligations on data brokers regarding their handling of personal information. Key provisions: […] Upon a verified request, disclose to the requesting individual information about the information collected, time of collection, who it was shared with and how…
Potentially Significant Impacts from Draft CCPA Regulations
There were a slew of sessions on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) at the Privacy+Security Forum in Washington, D.C. this week. I need to find time to read up more on the law and the regulations that have been introduced as CCPA is shaking things up big time. As one example, one law firm…