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New Jersey Enacts Privacy Law

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On January 8, 2024, New Jersey’s State Legislature passed the Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (the “Data Act”). Following Governor’s signature within 45 days, the Data Act would take effect one (1) year after...more

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CNIL Fines Health Website for Unlawful Data Processing

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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

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Clinical Research and Patient Data Protection are at a Complicated Intersection

The privacy landscape in the United States and much of the world is quickly evolving around the framework of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) within the European Economic Alliance (EEA). Clinical trials involve...more

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The European Health Data Space - Panacea or Poison Pill?

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On 3 May 2022, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Regulation for the European Health Data Space to “unleash the full potential of health data”. However, questions arise as to whether this proposal is a...more

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Czech Republic Data Protection Authority Provides COVID-19 Data Processing Guidance

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The Czech Republic’s Data Protection Authority, Urad pro Ochranu Osobnich Udaju, provides its guidance on GDPR and COVID-19: •Public health authorities are authorized to process personal data to the extent and for the...more

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EDPB Clarifies Privacy Rules for COVID-19

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The successful management of COVID-19 relies on the quick analysis and collection of health data, which can raise privacy issues particularly in the European Union. ...more

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COVID-19: Data Privacy Compliance

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Managing the COVID-19 outbreak requires adopting measures that have never been seen before. Such measures, aimed at monitoring how the virus spreads, inevitably require processing "personal data," including health information...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

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UK MRC Clarifies When Health Data Is Anonymised in Research Context

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Research participants must identify which data sets constitute personal data to ensure compliance with the GDPR. The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) has published a useful guidance note on the identifiability,...more

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Powering Data Breach Response with AI: A Case Study

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The specter of a data breach is an unfortunate reality for anyone that uses a computer. Corporations are obviously large targets, with potentially thousands of employees doing things on computers. Some of those things are...more

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Complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act: Are Health Care Organizations "Home Free"?

On June 28, 2018, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and then further amended it on September 23, 2018. CCPA breaks new state law privacy ground and imposes consumer protections that are comparable...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Risky Business? Sharing Data With Entities Not Covered by HIPAA

The risky business of sharing data in and outside of the healthcare system is becoming more complicated, especially as consumer use of health applications and the desire to share health data increase exponentially. Current...more

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U.S. hospitals will continue to grapple with GDPR compliance in 2019

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When the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective on May 25, 2018, many US-based hospitals struggled to determine whether they were subject to the GDPR and, if so, what they must do to...more

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