On June 13th, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) issued guidance advising that covered health care providers and health plans (covered entities) can provide audio-only telehealth services
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Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Is Coming for Hospitals, Long-Term Care Providers
Attention hospitals, clinics, retirement homes and other long-term care providers! If you are collecting fingerprints to authenticate access to a medication dispensing system, then you need to be paying attention
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Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Data Breach Coincides with Spotlight on Roe v. Wade
According to this article, 2021 has been a “particularly dire year” for health care data breaches. So, it may not seem shocking that a hacker gained access to the
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Holiday Weekends Provide No Time Off From Cyber Threats
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint security advisory aimed at reminding businesses to be on guard over the Labor Day and other
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No Signs of Slowing Down: The OCR Settles another Investigation under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
Prior to the holiday, the OCR settled its thirteenth enforcement action under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, which involved a primary care physician practicing in the State of Georgia.
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The OCR Remains Increasingly Active under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently settled four more investigations under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, which totals 11 settlements thus
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Which Privacy Protections Apply? HIPAA, FERPA and COVID-19
A recent conversation with a colleague in California prompted me to write this. He said that as part of its back-to-school plan, his children’s elementary school district “highly encouraged” that
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Employer Collection of COVID-19 Data and Employee Privacy
The following post is adapted from an article written by Fox Rothschild attorneys Wayne Pinksone and Lucy Li, available here.
OSHA recently published guidance for “nonessential businesses” that are
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FTC Offers Tips for Data Protection in Products Related to Fighting COVID-19
From Fox Rothschild’s Privacy Compliance & Data Security blog
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has offered tips for data protection during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Consider privacy and security as you’re
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Don’t Get Sprayed: CISA Alert Reminds Health Care Entities to Use Strong Passwords
A joint Alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of new cyber attacks targeting
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