Health records
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Judge allows key claims in class action over Google’s alleged health data collection
The court narrowed a privacy suit against Google, letting claims proceed only for health data collected before its 2023 policy update.
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Private radiology provider settles probe into data security failures
A radiology provider faces penalties after failing to safeguard patient data, exposing thousands to potential breaches.
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HSS dings research university for failure to provide timely access to patient records
HHS said the penalty marks OCR’s fifty-third HIPAA Right of Access enforcement action regarding patient access to medical records.
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Icelandic DPA fines health care system IKr 5m for unlawful data processing
Institution failed to ensure that the mergers of healthcare records were authorized.
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Is the new EU Health Data Space Regulation a turning point for EU health data access?
The regulation creates an EU health “data space” and is designed to facilitate access to and control of health data.
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EEOC warns employers about compliance risks around use of wearables
Commission tells employers to think about what data is being gathered by wearables, and what it is used for.
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Cegedim Santé fined €800,000 for processing health data unlawfully
The data was found to be pseudonymous – not anonymous – making it possible to re-identify the people concerned.
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Cyberattacks on NJ health tech firms expose millions of patient records
Millions of files compromised as two health care companies are hacked.