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Washington State Legislature Passes Health Data Privacy Law

The Washington State Legislature finalized passage Monday of the My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), the first state-level health data bill of its kind in the U.S. The bill now heads to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for his signature to become law.
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Commends FTC’s BetterHelp Health Data Settlement

In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC commended the FTC for taking enforcement action against online counseling company BetterHelp for unfair and deceptive trade practices involving health data.
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Updates
FTC Fines Online Therapy Company BetterHelp $7.8 Million for Sharing Health Data

Today the FTC announced an enforcement action against BetterHelp, fining the online counseling company $7.8 million and banning it from sharing consumer health data for advertising purposes.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge HHS to Abandon Database Tracking HIV PrEP Users

Rights urged the agency to reverse plans that would require recipients of free HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to submit information to a database maintained by HHS.
- Data Protection
- Government Databases
- Health Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
FTC Fines GoodRx $1.5 Million for Unauthorized Disclosure of Health Information
- Consumer Privacy
- Health Privacy
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge President Biden to Ensure That Federal Policing Funds are Not Used for Abortion Surveillance
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge Google to Cease Location Data Collection, Protect Reproductive Healthcare Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Location Tracking
- Updates
California Enacts Genetic Information Privacy Act
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
World Health Organization Issues Guidance on Documenting and Tracking COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Urges HHS to Prioritize Patient Privacy in Modifications to HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Updates

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