Christopher Brown reports: Rush System for Health must defend a proposed class action alleging it shared health information of patients using its patient portal with Google Inc. and other third parties, in breach of its contract with patients and in violation of the Illinois Eavesdropping Act. Marguerite Kurowski successfully stated a claim for breach of contract regarding…
Category: Laws
Abortion-Rights States Begin Shielding Digital Data Near Clinics
Andrea Vittorio and Skye Witley report: States positioning themselves as abortion safe havens are beginning to shield location information that can be gleaned from mobile phones, and to protect the privacy of other data that can show who is visiting a health-care facility. Beginning this summer, Washington, Connecticut, and New York are establishing first-of-their-kind data privacy…
Alaska lawmakers pen letter to attorney general over medical privacy, constitutional concerns
There doesn’t seem to be a transcript of the news story, but you can watch it at Alaska’s News Source. The letter is supportive of privacy rights and abortion rights and cites Alaska’s constitutional protections.
Examining the Private Right of Action in Washington’s My Health My Data Act
Alexander Vitruk and Andreas Kaltsounis of BakerHostetler write: Washington’s groundbreaking “My Health My Data Act” (HB 1155) (the Act) was signed into law on April 27, 2023. This Act imposes new requirements on the processing and sale of consumer health data by organizations with a nexus to Washington state, as our earlier blog posts explain. In this…