On March 27, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that a New York-based law firm had agreed to pay $200,000 in penalties and enhance its cybersecurity practices to settle charges stemming from a 2021 data breach.
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GoodRx to Pay $1.5 Million in First Ever FTC Health Breach Notification Rule Enforcement Action
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On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it entered into a proposed order with GoodRx, a telehealth and prescription drug discount provider, for violations of the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule stemming from GoodRx’s unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ personal health information to third party advertisers and other companies.
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HHS Releases Bulletin on Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates
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On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a Bulletin on the obligations of HIPAA covered entities and business associates under the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules when using online tracking technologies. …
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Pennsylvania Amends Breach Notification Law
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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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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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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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California Attorney General Reminds Health App Providers of Obligations to Protect Reproductive Health Information
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On May 26, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a press release reminding health app providers that California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act applies to mobile apps that are designed to store medical information, which includes health apps such as fertility trackers. …
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