Privacy News & Issues
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced a final rule, entitled the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. The rule strengthens privacy protections for medical records and health information for individuals who are seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care. Health…
Vietnam Briefing reports: On November 30, 2024, the Vietnam government approved the new Law on Personal Data Protection with a 94.15 percent majority. The law’s implementation date has been expedited to July 1, 2025, from the initially planned January 1, 2026. This legislation introduces stricter provisions than the existing Personal Data Protection Decree, aiming to establish…
Of note from Hunton Andrews Kurth: On November 6, 2024, a Texas state district court jury found that a large e-discovery vendor violated Title 7, Chapter 33 of the Texas Penal Code, which provides that accessing a computer without its owner’s permission is a Class B misdemeanor. This case highlights the importance for e-discovery vendors…
Edvard Pettersson reports: A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday mostly rejected a challenge to an Idaho law that makes it a crime for an adult to assist a minor in obtaining an abortion or abortion medication in another state without their parent’s consent. In a split decision, the appellate panel reversed a trial judge’s…