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Hospital Pays Fine for Disclosing Patient PHI to Reporter

20

Nov

2023

A media report during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic that exposed the personal information of three New York patients has resulted in an $80,000 federal fine against a New York medical center, according to a Department of Health and Human Services settlement released on Monday. DHS’ Office for Civil Rights in a statement […]

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FTC Alleges Data Broker Sells Vast Amounts of Sensitive Data

06

Nov

2023

The Federal Trade Commission in an amended lawsuit complaint unsealed Friday detailed how Idaho-based data broker Kochava allegedly violated federal law by collecting and disclosing to third parties “enormous” amounts of geolocation and other sensitive information about consumers. The 33-page amended complaint unsealed by an Idaho federal court in the FTC’s ongoing data privacy dispute […]

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Hospital Lobbyists Press Senator on Online Tracking Limits

05

Oct

2023

America’s largest hospital lobbying group says Congress should pressure health regulators into retracting a warning sent to medical providers advising that online trackers embedded into patient portals could violate medical privacy law. The American Hospital Association took a request from Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., for ideas on how to improve HIPAA as an opportunity to […]

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