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I recently had the pleasure to participate in a podcast on Privacy Lawls about the dangers of sharing medical information with AI tools. In the September 21, 2026, episode, “The Dangers of Sharing Medical Information with AI,” Donata Stroink-Skillrud, President of Termageddon LLC, and I explored how consumers are increasingly using generative AI tools to…

A recent Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) article reports that companies that make wearable trackers, whether for fitness or health, “are behind the times when it comes to basic privacy practices and transparency” and urges those companies to “improve those practices.”

The article, Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy …

On September 30, 2025, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) announced a settlement with Cadia Healthcare Facilities, a provider of rehabilitation, skilled nursing and long-term care services located in Delaware “for potential violations…of HIPAA Privacy and Breach Notification Rules.”

According to the OCR’s press release, the…

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into two recent settlements with covered entities alleging that they failed to conduct security risk assessments. The settlements indicate that OCR will continue to aggressively regulate potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), particularly for failure to conduct risk assessments.

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PIH Health, a health care entity located in California, suffered a data breach in June 2019 when 45 employee email accounts were compromised in a targeted phishing campaign. The accounts contained the protected health information (PHI) of 189,763 individuals, including their names, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, diagnoses, lab tests, medications, treatment, claims, and…

We often cover consumer class action complaints against companies regarding the privacy and security of personal information. However, litigation can also arise from alleged breach of contract between two companies. This week, we will analyze a medical diagnostic testing laboratory’s April 2025 complaint against its managed services provider for its alleged failure to satisfy its…

At the close of 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) to amend the Security Rule regulations established for protecting electronic health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The updated…

The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) was busy negotiating and settling enforcement actions in November and early December. Since October 31, 2024, the OCR has settled five separate cases of alleged HIPAA violations. The settlements include resolution agreements and civil monetary penalties.

One of the settlements and…