The National Association of Attorneys General, a group of st…

The National Association of Attorneys General, a group of state attorneys general from each of the states in the U.S., schedules a meeting to discuss medical privacy in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. The group plans to discuss state laws providing rights in additional to those provided to patients under HIPAA. Would these state laws be permissible under U.S. law?

You are reviewing the privacy policy of MedTech, a medical e…

You are reviewing the privacy policy of MedTech, a medical equipment sales company. MedTech wants to ensure they are not handling any PHI in their business arrangements with hospitals to avoid being classified as a covered business associate under HIPAA. You find an issue when reviewing MedTech’s error-reporting protocols in the current policy. To address this issue, you recommend MedTech ensure the crash diagnostic data:

PC-Programs is a multinational corporation based in San Fran…

PC-Programs is a multinational corporation based in San Francisco, California. PC-Programs provides software to companies around the world. For its business in Europe, PC-Programs previously relied on the Privacy Shield agreement between the U.S. and the EU. Since the Privacy Shield was invalidated by the European Court of Justice in 2020, the corporation is hopeful that the __________________ will soon negotiate a new version of the Privacy Shield.

In the company’s privacy policy, ForeverFoto – a photography…

In the company’s privacy policy, ForeverFoto – a photography app – promised its customers that the company would not use facial recognition technology on the photographs that customers stored with the company unless the customers opted-in to the use of this technology. Instead, ForeverFoto automatically activated the facial recognition software to all photos uploaded by customers into the app. Based on these facts, the complaint filed by the FTC will likely focus on allegations of: