Month: April 2023

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Washington’s My Health My Data Act Just Signed into Law: It May Have a Surprising Impact on Your Privacy Program

April 27, 2023

Introduction On April 27, 2023, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Engrossed Substitute House...

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Why Should You Be Afraid of Privacy Obligations? Because Now There will be 7, 8, 9… States with Comprehensive Data Privacy Laws!

April 26, 2023

The state of Indiana recently became the seventh U.S. state to enact a comprehensive state...

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Cookies May be Bad for Your Health: OCR Warns Covered Entities and Business Associates of Its Broad View of HIPAA’s Applicability to Cookies, Pixels, and Other Tracking Technologies

April 18, 2023

On December 1, 2022 the Office of Civil Rights (â€œOCRâ€) at the U.S. Department of...

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Iowa Becomes Sixth State to Pass Comprehensive Privacy Law

April 6, 2023

On March 28, 2023, Iowa became the sixth state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law....