On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf singed Senate Bill 636 into law, amending Pennsylvania’s breach notification law.
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NYDFS Fines EyeMed $4.5 Million for Cybersecurity Violations
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On October 18, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services announced that EyeMed Vision Care LLC agreed to a $4.5 million settlement for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation that contributed to the exposure of hundreds of thousands of consumers’ health data in connection with a cybersecurity event in 2020.
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New California Laws Enhance Reproductive Health Privacy Protections
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On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a pair of bills designed to prevent medical information and other data held by California entities from being used in out-of-state abortion prosecutions.
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OCR Announces $300,000 Settlement Related to Improper Disposal of Physical PHI
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On August 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced that it had settled a case involving the disposal of physical protected health information. …
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FTC Commences Civil Action Against Data Broker for Selling Geolocation Data
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On August 29, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced a civil action against digital marketing data broker Kochava Inc. for “selling geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices that can be used to trace movements of individuals to and from sensitive locations.”…
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NIST Publishes New Draft Guidance on HIPAA Security Rule
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On July 21, 2022, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released an updated draft of its HIPAA Security Rule guidance. …
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NIH Confidentiality Certificates Add Layer of Privacy Protection Post-Dobbs
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Following the ruling in Dobbs, the National Institutes of Health’s certificates of confidentiality offer an important layer of privacy protection to reproductive health research data. …
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FTC Issues Business Alert on Illegal Use and Sharing of Location, Health and other Sensitive Data
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On July 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection issued a business alert on businesses’ handling of sensitive data, with a particular focus on location and health data.
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President Biden Issues Executive Order Protecting Privacy of Reproductive Health Data
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On July 8, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order titled, “Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services,” in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. …
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HHS Issues Post-Dobbs Guidance to Protect Patient Privacy
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On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued two guidance documents to “help protect patients seeking reproductive health care, as well as their providers” following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. …
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