Protecting sensitive health information is a fundamental pillar of modern medicine. Patients trust healthcare organizations ...

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The New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA), passed by the New York State Legislature on January 22 as Senate Bill S929, is a comprehensive health data ...

Your health information might feel private and secure with your doctor, but the reality is far more complicated. Data brokers collect a wide range of sensitive health data, from diagnoses and ...

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Four years after consumers first filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta, Flo Health, Google and Flurry, a jury in California has finally made a decision regarding ...

Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster has confirmed his office is investigating the cyber-attack, which resulted in unauthorised access to highly sensitive health information, including medical ...

As society becomes increasingly electronic, data breaches are a major problem for many organizations. Concern for data breaches in the healthcare industry is especially prevalent because of the ...

At a time when 37% of hospitals are losing money, the pressure is on to find innovative ways to drive profitability. For many hospitals pursuing growth and innovation, patient engagement—which is ...

marked another year of significant legislative and regulatory advances at the federal and state levels for data privacy and ...