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New BIPA Ruling: Dismissal of Claims Against Samsung Over its Face App Data - On July 24, 2024, a federal judge in Illinois dismissed the case GT v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., in which a putative class of Samsung...more
Online tracking technologies are used by healthcare and hospital systems throughout the United States to analyze their website traffic, personalize content, and provide relevant information to website visitors, some of whom...more
As the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) compliance and fraud detection algorithms within corporations and financial institutions continues to grow, it is crucial to consider how this technology has a twofold...more
“Cybersecurity” has emerged as one of top risks facing organizations. Considering the steady stream of massive data breaches affecting millions (sometimes billions), the debilitating effects of ransomware on an organization’s...more
CYBERSECURITY - City of Pensacola Services Disrupted by Cyber-Attack - Adding to the list of many other municipalities, the city of Pensacola, Florida, was hit with a cyber-attack last weekend that affected services to...more
We all know that things move quickly in the world of data, and so to celebrate Data Protection Day 2024 (or Data Privacy Day 2024 in North America), we’ve selected ten key themes we think will have the most impact in the year...more
Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...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
Data governance is a mission-critical issue for every company and institution in the United States. GCs face a host of pressing cybersecurity concerns. Triaging them requires time, attention, and a well-rounded strategy...more
As set forth in BakerHostetler’s 2023 Data Security Incident Report, privacy litigation is on the rise. Indeed, 2023 saw a nearly 100 percent increase from 2022 in the number of lawsuits filed in connection with data security...more
Efforts to Address the Lack of Federal Data Privacy Legislation in the U.S. Have Continued - The need for federal data privacy legislation was reiterated in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on...more
If you are involved with any health information, even if you are not covered by HIPAA, you should be aware of the government’s recent position that there may be serious privacy and serious risks with use of online tracking...more
On July 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Office for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) announced that they had sent a warning letter to about 130 hospital...more
On Thursday, July 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and HHS Office for Civil Rights issued a rare joint press release announcing that approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers received a letter alerting...more
Introduction: Tracking Software in the Healthcare Industry - Privacy-related concerns have become increasingly prominent in recent years, especially with the widespread use of third-party tracking tools such as tracking...more
On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it filed a “first-of-its-kind proposed order” under its Health Breach Notification Rule promulgated pursuant to section 13407 of the American Recovery...more
On February 1, 2023, the FTC announced a proposed $1.5 million settlement with GoodRx Holdings, based on alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) and Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”) for...more
While plaintiffs’ attorneys were initially focused late last year on suing health care entities for using Pixel and other tracking technology to share information about website users with social media platforms such as Meta...more
The wave of new state legislation limiting abortion access has raised concerns about the privacy and security of reproductive health data not subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Some...more
Baltimore recently prohibited several uses of “face surveillance” technology. Under the new law companies cannot use systems that identify or verify individuals based on their face. The law also prohibits saving information...more
Das Verhalten von E-Book Lesern wird umfassend von den Anbietern getrackt. Im Video „Der gläserne Leser“ des Deutschen Fachverlags für die Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 setzt sich Rechtsanwalt und Datenschutzexperte Tilman...more
At the beginning of 2020, a Federal privacy law, similar to that of GDPR or PIPEDA, was a faint and distant reality. However, in light of some mobile device and other monitoring being considered because of the COVID-19...more
In light of the cancellation of the 2020 Spring Semi-Annual Conference, WLG has collaborated with members to present a series of meetings and workshops to connect and educate members during the month of May. The Privacy &...more
A number of private and government entities have released apps and software development kits (SDKs) relying on location tracking data to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. While the use of such technologies are being hotly...more
In the latest General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) news, the European Union (EU) Court of Justice ruled that companies cannot use pre-checked boxes to obtain consumer consent to be tracked with cookies and must instead...more