Consent, Data-Sharing, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

REMINDER: Nevada Joins Washington with a Consumer Health Data Consent Law Now In Effect

Benesch on 4/3/2024

Nevada’s new consumer health data law—like Washington’s My Health My Data Act—implements strict—and separate—consent requirements for the collection and sharing of an individual’s health data, with few exceptions. March...more

Biometrics Litigation Update: Washington Is Poised to Become a New Frontier for Private Litigants

Paul Hastings LLP on 3/12/2024

In just a few short weeks, a new front may emerge for biometrics litigation in the United States. On March 31, 2024, the My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) will go into effect in Washington for most entities that conduct...more

My Health, My Data Act: Washington State’s New Health Data Privacy Law Has a Nationwide Reach

Woods Rogers on 5/31/2023

Washington state’s My Health, My Data Act (the Act), signed into law in April 2023, is a broad health data privacy law designed to protect consumer health data that falls outside the scope of HIPAA, such as health-related...more

FTC Seeks First-Ever Health Breach Notification Rule Enforcement: Pixel Users Beware

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/3/2023

For the first time ever, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking enforcement under the Health Breach Notification Rule. This regulation requires certain businesses not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Recreational DNA Industry May Take Liberties With Consumer Data

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/19/2022

Companies collecting consumer DNA for non-medical purposes seem to be playing fast and loose with their customers’ data, according to a well-regarded consumer watchdog. This category of private money makers, which could...more

Proposed Changes to Part 2 Rules Ease Substance-Use Disorder Record Sharing

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/27/2019

Recently proposed changes to the federal regulations governing the confidentiality of substance-use disorder patient records (Part 2) would all but eliminate the most significant and intractable barrier to sharing protected...more