Adding to the growing list of heightened privacy and data protection requirements imposed on consumer health data and other categories of sensitive personal data, the Washington Attorney General recently updated its guidance...more
Adding to the growing trend of policymakers interested in regulating health and wellness data, last week U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy requested stakeholder feedback to help identify solutions to modernize HIPAA and ensure all...more
9/12/2023
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda
California’s “Genetic Information Privacy Act” (SB 980), vetoed on September 25, 2020 by Governor Gavin Newsom, would have established obligations for direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) genetic testing companies and others that...more
9/29/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
Direct to Consumer Sales ,
DNA ,
Genetic Materials ,
Genetic Testing ,
Governor Newsom ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Human Genes ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
State and Local Government