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New York Passes Health Privacy Law – Your Questions Answered

March 5, 2025 By Daniel Felz, Jennifer Everett, Jennifer Pike and Sara Pullen Guercio

The New York State legislature passed the Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) on January 22, 2025, marking the second state to introduce a comprehensive consumer health data law. If passed, the NYHIPA imposes more stringent obligations on organizations that handle “regulated health information. (“RHI”).  You’ve got questions – we’ve got answers. How is “regulated health […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Health Privacy, New York, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy

FTC Finalizes COPPA Rule Amendments

January 17, 2025 By Maki DePalo and Hyun Jai Oh

On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 5-0 to approve the finalized amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would offer additional privacy safeguards for children under the age of thirteen. The amened COPPA Rule will require operators to obtain separate verifiable parental consent before disclosing personal information […]

Filed Under: Children's Privacy, Data Protection, FTC, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Data Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Privacy

Top Ten Takeaways from California AG’s Healthcare AI Advisory

January 15, 2025 By Daniel Felz, Jennifer Everett and Sara Pullen Guercio

On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta issued an advisory describing providers’ and businesses’ obligations related to the development, sale, and use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and automated decision systems (“ADS”) in the healthcare industry (“Advisory”).  The Advisory puts healthcare providers, insurers, and businesses serving the healthcare industry on notice of the […]

Filed Under: AI, Artificial Intelligence, California, CPPA, CPRA, Health Privacy, Insurance Data Security, Online Privacy, Privacy

Massachusetts Top Court Torpedoes Website Analytics Wiretapping Class Action

October 30, 2024 By Donald Houser, Ashley Miller and Nicole Weeks

On October 24, 2024, in a long-awaited decision in Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital, Massachusetts’ highest court snuffed out an attempt to use the state’s 1968 Wiretap Act to impose liability on a hospital system for its use of third-party analytics technologies on its website.  The case had been closely watched by the business […]

Filed Under: Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Litigation, Privacy

New York Attorney General Investigates Companies for Website Tags, Publishes Guidelines on Online Tracking Technologies

August 19, 2024 By Daniel Felz, Dorian Simmons, Lance Taubin, Rachel Lowe and Yin Tydir

On July 30, 2024, the New York Attorney General Letitia James announced she had completed an investigation into the tracking technology practices of popular websites, and used this to create website privacy guides on online tracking for New York businesses and consumers. These consist of a “Business Guide” and a “Consumer Guide.” The Business Guide […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, New York, Online Privacy Tagged With: Data Protection, New York Attorney General, Online Tracking, Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices

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