No state should be required to turn over sensitive data in the form of voter rolls to the federal government, argued a coalition of 16 Democratic attorneys general. Led by Maryland's AG, the states asked a federal court Wednesday for permission to file an amicus brief in support of California in a case at the U.S. District Court for Central California.
Health Privacy and HIPAA
Privacy Daily follows regulatory changes to and enforcement of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The law governs how health care providers, insurers and other covered entities handle protected health information and imposes safeguards to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure. We also track new health privacy laws in the states including the Washington My Health My Data Act and a similar bill passed in New York state. Coverage includes significant HIPAA violations, enforcement actions and trends that shape how health data is collected, shared and secured.
A federal court’s Nov. 24 decision to drop a case by the Texas attorney general challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the validity of the HIPAA Privacy Rule means the federal statute will remain as we know it, said Quarles & Brady lawyers in a Monday blog post.
A coalition of 18 Democratic attorneys general, led by California and New York, penned a letter Monday opposing the Trump administration’s expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to include the data of U.S.-born citizens.
An Indiana Data Consumer Bill of Rights released last week by Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) informs state residents about privacy rights that they will have under the comprehensive privacy law, which takes effect Jan. 1.
A New York state health data privacy bill could finally be sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in December, nearly a year after it quickly passed the legislature back in January (see 2501280023). Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D), the measure’s author, in an interview this week with Privacy Daily, said that she remains optimistic about getting the measure signed by year-end. “We’re still discussing any changes that [Hochul] might want to make.”
A service for making AI-generated apps said it’s embracing privacy by design by integrating an AI-powered code scanner.
The National Institutes of Health failed to properly oversee privacy and cybersecurity protections for a research program involving health data of more than 1 million participants, the inspector general's office for the Department of Health and Human Services Office said in a report released Friday.
AI chatbots create privacy risks, and Congress should explore data-protection obligations, House Commerce Committee Republicans and Democrats said during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
A Nebraska state court allowed a lawsuit against three health care providers to continue, ruling the state's charges that the companies violated its consumer protection and data security laws were sufficient, the attorney general said Thursday.
Nearly 75% of health care employees are shadow using AI, resulting in more than 80% of data policy infractions, a panelist said during the Health Care Compliance Association event Wednesday. Accordingly, providers should directly address the issue with staff immediately and implement measures that make employees' AI tools less of a privacy risk.