On June 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement agreement (in the form of a stipulated order) with genetic testing company Vitagene, Inc., now known as 1Health.io (1Health.io), for allegedly misrepresenting its security and privacy practices regarding its data storage, deletion, and usage. The FTC also alleged that the company unfairly changed material privacy policy disclosures without obtaining affirmative consumer consent.Continue Reading FTC Announces Proposed Settlement with 1Health.io Genetic Testing Firm for Privacy and Security Violations
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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)1 with Easy Healthcare Corporation, which operates the Premom fertility tracking app (Premom). The…
Continue Reading FTC Announces Proposed Settlement with Premom Fertility Tracking App for Privacy PracticesFTC Announces Proposed Amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule
By Maneesha Mithal, Tracy Shapiro, Haley Bavasi & Hale Melnick on
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On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a number of proposed amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule (the Rule), the latest in a series of actions taken by the agency to…
Continue Reading FTC Announces Proposed Amendments to the Health Breach Notification RuleHHS Proposes Purpose Limitation on Disclosures of PHI Related to Reproductive Health
By Haley Bavasi, Hale Melnick & Laura Ahmed on
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On April 12, 2023, the Biden administration announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency responsible for enforcing the Health…
Continue Reading HHS Proposes Purpose Limitation on Disclosures of PHI Related to Reproductive HealthWashington State Governor Signs Sweeping Health Privacy Act (My Health My Data Act) into Law
By Haley Bavasi, Tracy Shapiro, Edward Holman, Hale Melnick & Yeji Kim on
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On April 27, 2023, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed a far-reaching health privacy law entitled the “My Health My Data Act” (the Act), which extends protections to consumer health data collected by…
Continue Reading Washington State Governor Signs Sweeping Health Privacy Act (My Health My Data Act) into LawColorado AG’s Office Announces Final Colorado Privacy Act Rules: Key Takeaways
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On March 15, 2023, the Colorado Attorney General’s (Colorado AG) office released the final version of the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) rules (the final rules), which are based on public comments on the third version…
Continue Reading Colorado AG’s Office Announces Final Colorado Privacy Act Rules: Key Takeaways