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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.

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  • 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.

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  • Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Order & Settlement with BetterHelp, Inc.

    EPIC commends the Commission for using its Section 5 authority to take enforcement actions against companies like BetterHelp that are engaged in unfair and deceptive practices involving health data, especially where insufficient protections for personal information are involved.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Comments of EPIC, CHLP, PrEP4All, and Patient Privacy Rights to HHS on HIV PrEP Database SoRN

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  • GoodRx Enforcement Action Signals FTC’s Invigorated Commitment to Health Privacy

    When your alarm went off this morning, the first thing you did was check your phone to see how many hours you had slept on your sleep tracking app. The next step in your morning routine was to throw on your smart watch and start your day (hopefully you’ll hit 10,000 steps).

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  • Law360: FTC Shows Privacy Heft With Groundbreaking GoodRx Action

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  • FTC Fines GoodRx $1.5 Million for Unauthorized Disclosure of Health Information

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  • Law360: Biden Urged To Block Fed Aid For Anti-Abortion Enforcement

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