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Roe or Not, Health Apps Must Protect Reproductive Data

By Elizabeth G. Litten on May 27, 2022

Ready or not, Roe v. Wade leak or not, health app developers are on notice. Those that collect sensitive personal information, such as reproductive data, must carefully navigate both federal…

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Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Is Coming for Hospitals, Long-Term Care Providers

By Odia Kagan on March 2, 2022

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

By Melanie Notari & Elizabeth G. Litten on December 15, 2021

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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How Does HIPAA Compare To GDPR?

By Elizabeth G. Litten on November 5, 2021

I dive into the HIPAA weeds on a daily basis, and am sometimes asked about similarities and differences between HIPAA and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  Fox…
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HIPAA or Not, Health Apps Must Provide Breach Notification

By Elizabeth G. Litten on September 20, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission seems to be getting serious about unauthorized disclosures of data collected by health apps.  In a Policy Statement issued on September 15, 2021, the FTC says…
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Business Associates Beware: You May Need To Vaccinate Staff Under Recent Biden Executive Order

By Elizabeth G. Litten on September 10, 2021

President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021 (the “EO”) that will lead to required COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care facilities that receive Medicare or…
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Holiday Weekends Provide No Time Off From Cyber Threats

By Fox Rothschild LLP on September 3, 2021
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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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“Are You Vaccinated?” Asking, Answering, and Clarifying HIPAA

By Elizabeth G. Litten on August 6, 2021

HIPAA has been around for a quarter century, but confusion continues as to its scope and applicability.   The COVID pandemic, surge in Delta variant cases, and increasing number of employer…
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4 Key Take-Aways For Harnessing AI In Compliance with HIPAA

By Elizabeth G. Litten on January 27, 2021

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely viewed as a valuable tool for improving health and healthcare. It is being used by major technology companies such as Google, small start-up companies, and…
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Flo Health App Fallout: HIPAA-like Breach Notification Rule Not Enforced by FTC

By Elizabeth G. Litten on January 14, 2021

Flo Health, Inc., which marketed an app used by more than 100 million women interested in tracking their personal menstruation and fertility information, seems to be getting off easily as…
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