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Martindale-Avvo
APRIL 30, 2025
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 were significant federal advances in the areas of health information privacy and childrens online data. These few federal laws apply to only some kinds of information. Know the definitions.
The Law Product Makers blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Already published applications included a letter to landlords requesting a rent deferral under Federal Law due to the pandemic and a letter to mortgage lenders requesting mortgage forbearance also under Federal Law. My analysis is not definitive.
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Debevoise Data Blog
AUGUST 2, 2023
The MHMDA regulates “consumer health data,” which the law broadly defines as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies the consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health status.” What Are the Key Substantive Obligations?
Debevoise Data Blog
AUGUST 2, 2023
The MHMDA regulates “consumer health data,” which the law broadly defines as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies the consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health status.” What Are the Key Substantive Obligations?
Debevoise Data Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) excludes both “digital photographs” and “information derived from” photographs from the definition of “biometric information.” These laws are not focused on biometrics like those in Illinois, Texas, and Washington. 2019 IL 123186, 129 N.E.3d million settlement.
Debevoise Data Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2021
In this part, we assess where the law seems to be heading and offer some practical risk reduction strategies. Federal and State Legislation There is currently no federal law that specifically regulates biometric privacy. No comprehensive and preemptive federal law seems likely to pass anytime soon.
Debevoise Data Blog
JULY 12, 2022
The ADPPA adopts a broad definition of “covered data” similar to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the CCPA. State Law Preemption, with Exceptions The ADPPA expressly preempts a host of existing state privacy laws, as well as certain federal laws that regulate covered data. ADPPA § 2(9).
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