Healthcare DIVE May 18, 2023
Dive Brief:
- The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it’s proposing changes to a rule regulators recently have started using to stop companies from trafficking sensitive medical data, in order to better assert its applicability to health apps.
- The Health Breach Notification Rule requires companies accessing personal health information to notify users and the government when that data is breached, and allows regulators to levy fines against bad actors. The FTC seeks to clarify that a security breach includes any unauthorized acquisition of identifiable health information that occurs as a result of a disclosure.
- To date, the agency has carried out two enforcement actions of alleged HBNR violations against GoodRx and fertility app Premom.
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