Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released two guidance documents to aid in compliance with its Health Breach Notification Rule (“the Rule”), which requires “vendors of.
January 21, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission published two new resources for complying with the Health Breach Notification Rule. In September 2021, the FTC issued a Policy Statement clarifying its application to makers of health apps, connected devices and other products.
The FTC’s recent policy statement on the Health Breach Notification Rule substantially impacts the consumer-facing digital health industry by significantly expanding a the scope of entities subject to the Rule.
Back in September, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued (by a 3-2 vote) a policy statement (the Statement) regarding the oft-forgotten Health Breach Notification Rule (the Rule). I.
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued guidance clarifying protections applicable to consumers’ sensitive personal data increasingly collected by so-called “health apps.”.