AI and data breaches were among top issues last year for Italian data protection authority Garante, it said Tuesday in an annual report.
The Department of Health & Human Services’ latest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act settlement suggests the Trump administration will continue focusing on compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule, healthcare privacy attorneys told us in interviews.
Organizations should be aware of how broadly DOJ defines “personal health data” in its data transfer rule, attorneys at Bodman said in a Thursday post.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) hasn’t kept pace with privacy risks associated with wearable devices, Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., said during a hearing Wednesday. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., also addressed the issue, noting state laws like the Colorado Privacy Act impose security requirements on companies selling wearables.
A mental health provider will pay $225,000 over claims it violated health privacy law by publicly sharing users’ sensitive information online, the Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights announced Monday.
A California-led multistate coalition sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday for providing individuals' health data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
A comprehensive privacy law taking effect Tuesday in Tennessee may appear business-friendly compared with similar measures in other states, but privacy lawyers note that it also contains some of the highest penalties for noncompliance. Companies could avoid a Tennessee crackdown by taking advantage of a novel safe harbor in the law, Mintz’s Cynthia Larose told Privacy Daily.
Clearly defined data rights are critical aspects of commercial transactions, especially when health care agreements include AI technology, Foley & Lardner attorneys blogged Wednesday.
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Remote patient monitoring company Smart Meter warned the public of the privacy and security risks associated with connected medical devices, whose sensitive personal data could be routed to China and other adversarial countries.