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McDermott Will & Emery

OCR Withdraws Appeal in AHA v. Becerra

On August 29, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) withdrew its appeal of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas’s June 20, 2024, decision in American...more

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OCR Files Notice of Appeal in Online Tracking Technologies Case

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On August 19, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) filed a notice of appeal of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas’s June 20, 2024, decision in American...more

Venable LLP

Federal Court Strikes Blow to HHS Guidance on “Online Tracking Technologies”

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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

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New HHS Guidance on Cookies

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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

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[Webinar] Do Cookies Collect PHI? A Deep Dive into the OCR Bulletin on Online Tracking Technologies - February 22nd, 1:00 pm -...

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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

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The online health data ecosystem takes another regulatory hit

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Health companies cannot use online tracking technologies like other consumer organizations. This refrain, repeated frequently by regulators, litigants and the media in recent months, may now have found its clearest voice in...more

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HIPAA and Cookies: A Potentially Dangerous Combination

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

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HIPAA Regulated Entities: Website or App Tracking Technologies, Pixels Can Create Significant Compliance and Litigation Risks

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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

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