Pulse June 15, 2024
Privacy of sensitive information, in particular healthcare information, remains a hot topic. Threats abound from both external and internal actors. Along with the threats, enforcing obligations to protect the information has also ramped up. Given the reality that healthcare information is being created in a lot of new places, enforcement is not just coming from the Office for Civil Rights under HIPAA. One of the newest and hottest entrants on the healthcare privacy front is the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). Being aware of the whole regulatory enforcement landscape is just as important as paying attention to compliance in the first place.
Quick Reminder
As a quick reminder, the FTC announced a couple of settlement actions in early April 2024. Both...