Category: Data Protection and Privacy

FTC Takes First Enforcement Action for Violation of the Health Breach Notification Rule – A Federal Health Privacy Rule Beyond HIPAA

On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that digital health platform GoodRx violated the FTC Act by repeatedly sharing personal health information with advertising companies and platforms, such as Facebook continue reading...

Will Employers Have More Obligations Beyond the CCPA if these California Privacy Bills Pass?

California employers have navigated the ever-changing privacy landscape when it comes to employee and personnel personal information (“human resources data”). For years, California employers’ obligations were narrow in scope compared to covered businesses’ broader obligations to consumers under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The continue reading...