From the law firm of Epstein Becker & Green: Over the past several years, the number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws has increased exponentially from just a handful—California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah—to up to twenty by some counts. Many of these state laws will go into effect starting Q4 of 2024…
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Federal judge says class privacy claims may proceed against online mental health platform
Michael Gennaro reports: Class action claims brought by consumers who say online mental health platform Headway allowed Google to collect their personal data without permission may proceed, a federal judge in California ruled Monday. Headway is an online service that helps people find mental health care providers who accept insurance. In a 2023 complaint, the lead…
NY: Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris Proposes Health Equity Regulation Requiring Insurers to Collect Voluntarily Disclosed Demographic Data
September 10, 2024 Today, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) continued its work to close the health equity gap and reduce health disparities with a new proposed regulation. The proposed regulation requires health insurers to request race, ethnicity, preferred language, sexual orientation and gender identity data, ensuring critical self-reported data is available…
Court Grants Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On September 10, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah issued an Order granting a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, prohibiting the Utah Attorney General from implementing and enforcing the Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act (the “Act”), which was set to take effect October 1, 2024. Enacted in…