HIPAA Journal July 6, 2022
Google has announced that it will be taking steps to improve privacy protections for users of its services. Google has long advocated for a comprehensive, national privacy law covering consumer data to ensure there is consistency across the entire country, rather than relying on a patchwork of state-level privacy laws. The American Data Privacy and Protection Act that was recently introduced could see national privacy law introduced, but until ADPPA or equivalent consumer data privacy regulations are signed into law, Google said it has taken additional steps to protect user privacy, especially for health-related issues.
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