Tag: Health Privacy

Wristwatched: A New Frontier of Health Monitoring in Prisons

August 22, 2024

For over two decades, states have used electronic monitoring, or e-monitoring, to track and limit the movements of individuals on parole or pre-trial through wearable technology.

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Health Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

EPIC Praises CFPB’s Proposal to Ban Medical Debt from Credit Reports 

August 13, 2024

In comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, EPIC expressed support for the CFPB’s proposed rules to largely prohibit the inclusion of medical debt information on credit reports. The proposed rules would protect the privacy of consumers’ sensitive medical information and promote fairness and accuracy in credit reporting.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• Updates

The Role of Digital Privacy in Ensuring Access to Abortion and Reproductive Health Care in Post-Dobbs America

June 13, 2024

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022 unleashed a reproductive health crisis in the U.S. The country also faces a data privacy crisis. The two are intrinsically related, increasing the risks that people face to access reproductive health care.

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• Analysis

FTC Finalizes Health Breach Notification Rule Modifications, Improving Health Privacy Safeguards for Consumers

May 6, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission recently finalized changes to modernize the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR), expanding its scope and improving its efficacy to address health privacy and data security risks that fall outside of HIPAA.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Health Privacy

• Updates

Alive and Kicking: Washington State’s My Health My Data Act Goes into Effect Today

April 1, 2024

Today Washington State’s landmark My Health My Data Act (MHMD) goes into effect, marking a new chapter in state regulation of health data. In an age where more and more of our health-related data is being managed through apps, devices, and online services, MHMD imposes strict privacy obligations on companies and creates a private right of action to bolster enforcement.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Health Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis

EPIC, National Consumer Law Center Urge Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Limit Harmful Tracking and Disclosure of Private Health Information

March 21, 2024

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• Updates

Pharmacies Warrantlessly Disclose Medical Records to Law Enforcement, Congress Finds

December 12, 2023

Today the Washington Post published the results of a congressional investigation that revealed how most major pharmacy chains in the US regularly share customers’ medical records with law enforcement.

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Urges FTC to Investigate Grindr’s Personal Data Practices

October 4, 2023

In a complaint filed Wednesday, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the popular LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr for its potentially unlawful retention and disclosure of users’ sensitive personal data.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Health Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Encourages Senate HELP Committee to Protect Health Data and Patient Privacy

September 29, 2023

EPIC submitted comments to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) in response to its Request for Information related to patient privacy and health data privacy. EPIC provided resources and recommendations about the privacy and data security risks unique to health information, as well as the importance of centering data minimization principles in the collection and sharing of health data, including types of location data, biometric data, and genetic information.

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Health Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Commends FTC Rulemaking to Expand Health Breach Notification Rule, Urges Expansion

August 9, 2023

In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC applauded the proposed modifications to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR).

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Health Privacy

• Updates