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Second Enforcement of HBNR by FTC
The FTC recently gave us a sequel settlement to the Flo Health settlement (which itself ripped off the plotline of California’s Glow settlement, but I digress). This new settlement is against the makers of the PreMom app. The setup is familiar: a maker of a period and ovulation tracker app is accused of the disclosure…
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Indiana and Iowa Pass Privacy Laws; Stick to Existing Models
Those of us who have spent a few years or decades in privacy have long asked three core questions: Well, my privacy friends, good news on the first two, because Indiana and Iowa passed their privacy laws and they are indeed pretty similar to Virginia’s and Utah’s respectively. For those keeping track at home, these…
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Washington’s New My Health My Data Act – Get Ready for Lawsuits
Here is a big one. The folks at Washington state took a look at the current patchwork of privacy laws in the US (FTCA, HIPAA, GLBA, FERPA, BIPA, CCPA, CPRA, CPA, CPDPA, ICDPA, VCDPA, UCPA, CCCP – all but one are real) and decided that Washington needs a new privacy law aimed at consumer health…