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.
The New York Child Data Protection Act (NYCDPA), which took effect Friday, is unique for many reasons, including its age-flag requirement and because New York lacks a comprehensive law covering users of all ages, experts said in interviews. However, like a good deal of privacy and online safety regulations, it may face legal challenges, said Jason Oliveri, data privacy partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson.
In a decision with nationwide implications, the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas on Wednesday vacated a majority of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services motion to dismiss the suit, case 24-00228, was also denied.
Objections to the proposed sale of genetic data in the 23andMe bankruptcy case continued piling up in court this week. They came from a range of affected parties, including states and customers of the biotechnology company.
Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced bicameral legislation that would set data-minimization standards for the collection and sharing of personal reproductive and sexual health data.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) vetoed Democrats’ genetic privacy bill (AB-589) Monday because he said it “unnecessarily duplicates existing federal requirements and is likely to create greater confusion around the handling of this data.”
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A majority of telehealth apps may be violating at least one privacy law or rule, the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference heard Tuesday.
While a change in opinion from notice-and-choice data minimization requirements is highlighted by several recent laws, whether there is a true paradigm shift cannot be understood until they go into effect and become enforceable, said the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) in a report Thursday.
The California Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at protecting reproductive health privacy, including through a private right of action. The bill, which appropriators recently cleared (see 2505230062), now moves to the Senate.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an $800,000 settlement with BayCare Health System for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. The Wednesday settlement ends an OCR investigation into whether unauthorized access to an individual's electronic protected health information (ePHI) occurred at the Florida provider.