Universal Consent: Building Beyond Cookie Consent
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Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries
Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry
E8: Interview with Cookiebot CEO on Technical Solutions to GDPR Readiness
Would you like some milk with those website cookies? We know the common privacy joke. However, website cookies and online tracking technologies (collectively, “cookies”) are increasingly no joking manner as they can create...more
A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more
Last week, a federal district court in Texas issued a decision declaring unlawful and vacating a central component of a guidance document (the Bulletin) from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil...more
On March 18, 2024, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) updated prior guidance concerning the use of online tracking technologies, including cookies, by Covered...more
New state privacy laws regulating health data impose significant obligations and heightened risks. In addition to existing laws in California, Colorado and other states, Washington State’s My Health My Data Act and Nevada’s...more
Companies in all industries and of all sizes are evaluating sophisticated and useful technology for their websites and applica- tions (their “apps”) in an effort to enhance and develop their image or brand and to support...more
The French Data Protection Authority imposed a €280,000 fine for GDPR infringements and a €100,000 fine for violation of French cookie rules. On 11 May 2023 the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) handed down its...more
Online Tracking Technologies and HIPAA. In December 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a bulletin on the use of online tracking technologies (e.g., cookies or web...more
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Bulletin (Dec. 2022) outlining the obligations for HIPAA covered entities and businesses when deploying online tracking...more
Websites using data tracking and collection software risk potentially serious consequences under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, commonly referred to as “HIPAA.” In a Bulletin issued December...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a bulletin with guidance concerning the use of online tracking technologies by covered entities and business associates...more
Earlier this month, the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), the organization that has jurisdiction over enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more
On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Bulletin to highlight the obligations of HIPAA-covered entities and business associates when using...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance regarding covered entities’ and business associates’ use of tracking technologies (the Guidance). As discussed in greater detail...more
On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a bulletin warning that commonly used website technologies, including cookies, pixels, and session...more
Let’s review: •Health information is sensitive. • Sharing it with third parties for advertising is more sensitive. •Doing it behind a log-in where there is no expectation of such tracking? ...more
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, many individuals and organizations have expressed uncertainty about the protection afforded to data stored on health apps,...more