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Avoiding HIPAA Penalties: A Checklist for Covered Entities

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The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules apply to healthcare providers who engage in certain electronic transactions, healthcare clearinghouses, and health plans, including employee group health plans with...more

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Here We Go Again: U.S. Congress Reintroduces New Comprehensive Federal Privacy Law

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With the bipartisan, bicameral proposed American Privacy Rights Act of 2024, the U.S. Congress seeks to adopt the first national personal data privacy and security law that would preempt comprehensive state privacy laws....more

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FTC Takes First Enforcement Action for Violation of the Health Breach Notification Rule - A Federal Health Privacy Rule Beyond...

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On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that digital health platform GoodRx violated the FTC Act by repeatedly...more

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Proposed Federal Data Protection Law Would Impose Duty of Loyalty and Allow Limited Private Right of Action

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The proposed law⁠ - which is broadly applicable to most entities doing business in the United States - is the first real indication of bipartisan movement on data protection at the federal-level. The House Committee on...more

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Bipartisan Facial Recognition Privacy Bill Introduced in Congress

Senators Brian Schatz (D) and Roy Blunt (R) recently introduced S.847, the “Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019,” a bill that would, subject to certain important exceptions, generally prohibit the commercial use...more

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FTC Issues Compliance Guidance for Organizations that Share and Collect PHI

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued Guidance to remind HIPAA compliant organizations that share and collect protected health information (PHI) for commercial activities that they must also comply with FTC Act...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

What Covered Entities Should Know About the FTC Act and Their Obligations Beyond HIPAA

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced the release of new guidance for businesses on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

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FTC Finds Laboratory Security Practices Caused Consumer Harm

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On July 28, 2016, a panel (the “FTC Panel”) of three acting Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) commissioners issued an opinion that found that LabMD, Inc. (“LabMD”) failed to implement reasonable security measures to protect...more

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Got Data? Actual Harm Not Required for FTC Enforcement Action for Lax Security Measures

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While much of Washington, D.C. is enjoying the slow and hazy days of summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is staying busy solidifying its presence as the go-to authority for data security. Most recently, on July 29,...more

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Alert: FTC Commissioners Find LabMD's Failure to Implement Data Security Practices "Unfair"

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On July 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced its long-awaited decision in its LabMD enforcement action. The Commissioners reversed the decision of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and held...more

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