A Hawaii data privacy bill that state Sen. Chris Lee and five other Democrats (SB-1037) introduced Friday generally follows other comprehensive state bills in the mold of Virginia or Connecticut.
The New York Senate voted 49-10 Tuesday to approve a sweeping health privacy bill (S-929) similar to Washington state’s My Health My Data law.
Laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), state and federal privacy laws, other laws and common law precedents in areas like copyright and survivor privacy apply to people after death and businesses should take them into consideration when dealing with personal information of the deceased, said Alex Ferrate, commercial attorney, in an IAPP blog Thursday.
Solara Medical Supplies will pay $3 million to resolve possible violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.
State privacy laws offer Californians broad AI protection, said Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) in legal guidance released Monday.
A private right of action appeared in a New York state health privacy bill introduced Thursday. Another lawmaker introduced a biometric privacy bill enforced by the state AG.
New York state legislators opened their 2025 session Wednesday, introducing comprehensive and healthcare-focused privacy bills, among other measures related to consumer data. Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D) offered the 2025 version of the New York Privacy Act. However, some of it is "not aligned with other comprehensive privacy laws,” which could make compliance a challenge for businesses, warned Hinshaw & Culbertson privacy attorney Cathy Mulrow-Peattie in an email Wednesday.
Norwegian data protection authority Datatilsynet advised against further changes in the use of health registers. The warning responds to proposed amendments of the country's Health Research Act. In addition, in an unofficial translation, Datatilsynet said establishing research registries merits further investigation, noting that processing health data is, in principle, prohibited under the General Data Protection Regulation. The authority said the proposals would mean significant change in the field of health registers in favor of research, without a corresponding focus on the rights and freedoms of the registries.
The Trump administration will have the opportunity to pause or terminate Health and Human Services’ proposal to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, compliance attorneys said Monday.
Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rulemaking in Monday's Federal Register that would modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, requiring regulated entities to strengthen cybersecurity protections and updating HIPPA for the first time since 2013.