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Wiley Rein LLP

Litigation Grows Around Website Technologies, With Focus on Sensitive Data

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Data privacy-related lawsuits have skyrocketed in recent years. Federal courts saw over 900 data privacy dockets in 2020 – but witnessed a surge to 1,767 dockets in 2023. At the halfway point in 2024, federal court data...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Sense and Sensitivity: Latest FTC Enforcement Actions Continue Focus on Sensitive Health Data

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We’ve talked before about the FTC’s focus on consumer health privacy. In cases against BetterHelp and GoodRx, a blog post announcing rules it intends to enforce in the space, and a report summarizing its recent privacy and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

2024’s New Data Privacy Requirements

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State-level privacy laws in the United States continue to develop at a dizzying pace and it is understandably difficult to keep track of what takes effect when. Below we’ve outlined the statutes and regulations taking effect...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

New York Announces Two Major Artificial Intelligence Initiatives

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On January 8, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York Office of Information Technology Services (NY ITS) announced two major initiatives on artificial intelligence (AI) that will impact private and public...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Announces Proposed Settlement with Premom Fertility Tracking App for Privacy Practices

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On May 17, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement agreement (in the form of a stipulated order) with Easy Healthcare Corporation, which operates the Premom fertility tracking app (Premom)....more

Perkins Coie

FTC's Second Settlement in Weeks Highlights Scrutiny on Businesses Processing Health Data for Advertising

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On March 2, 2023, following a 4-0 vote, the Federal Trade Commission announced a complaint and proposed consent order with BetterHelp, Inc., an online counseling platform that allegedly disclosed consumer health data to...more

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FTC’s One-Two Punch on Data Tracking and Health Privacy

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On March 2, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a $7.8 million settlement with mental health and online counseling platform, BetterHelp, Inc. (“BetterHelp”). The FTC alleged that BetterHelp...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Enacts New Privacy Law for Genetic Data

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California’s governor recently signed SB 41 into law. The bill enacts the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). The governor rejected a similar bill last year over concerns about COVID-19 public health efforts. To address...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy - January 13th - 16th, Lake Buena Vista, FL

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HCCA's Basic Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day intensive training program focusing on subject areas at the heart of health care compliance practice. Its faculty is made up of experts in the field. Courses are...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Potentially Expanded Private Right of Action Increases Risk of Class Action Exposure Under the California Consumer Privacy Act

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Looking Back - the California Consumer Privacy Act, and How We Got Here - As companies were getting up-to-speed on the effects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last year, California quickly...more

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