- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2022-09-19T14:18:00
Democratic senators are urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen federal health privacy protections for abortion patients.
The United States must do more to protect the privacy of abortion patients in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which allows states more latitude to decide abortion access, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and 29 of her colleagues told HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in a Sept. 13 letter.
Some states have moved quickly to restrict or outlaw abortion, making it a crime to seek the procedure or provide it.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comment on proposed guidance intended to help healthcare organizations that fall under the regulatory umbrella of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Security Rule.
Connecticut has joined four other states in passing a comprehensive data privacy law that requires companies to provide consumers with information about the personal data they collect.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights fined Excellus Health Plan $5.1 million for failures relating to a 2015 data breach that exposed the personal information of 9.3 million individuals.
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is forcing many Big Tech companies to postpone the launch of artificial intelligence-powered features, like Apple Intelligence, over user privacy and data security concerns.
Location-based dating apps are not doing enough to protect user privacy, with exact location and other personal data being exploited by stalkers and bad actors, a recent analysis found.
Michael Macko, deputy director of enforcement at the California Privacy Protection Agency, described priorities for the agency now and in the near future during a recent board meeting.
