The Final Rule strengthens privacy protections for medical records and health information for women, their family members, and doctors who are seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care. April 22 – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced…
US Senate votes to reauthorize surveillance program
Jasper Ward reports: The U.S. Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program, narrowly missing the midnight expiration of the program. The reauthorization secures what supporters call a key element of the United States’ foreign intelligence-gathering operation. “Democrats and Republicans came together and did the right thing for…
Alcohol Addiction Treatment Firm Banned from Disclosing Health Data for Advertising to Settle FTC Charges that It Shared Data Without Consent
In February 2023, The Markup and STAT reported that a bipartisan group of senators fiercely criticized several prominent telehealth startups for failing to protect their patients’ sensitive health information, citing an investigation by The Markup and STAT. Their investigation had included Monument. On April 11, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had taken action…
EDPB: ‘Consent or Pay’ models should offer real choice
As published by the European Data Protection Board on April 17: Brussels, 17 April – During its latest plenary, the EDPB adopted an Opinion following an Art. 64(2) GDPR request by the Dutch, Norwegian & Hamburg Data Protection Authorities (DPA). The Opinion addresses the validity of consent to process personal data for the purposes of…