OCR and FTC Issue Letter to Hospital Systems and Telehealth Providers Emphasizing Privacy and Security Risks Related to Online Tracking Technologies

Start
On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a letter to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers warning that online tracking technologies that may be present on their websites or mobile applications may impermissibly disclose consumers’ sensitive personal health information to third parties in ways that are unavoidable and often unknown to users, and that may violate applicable…
By: King & Spalding
Previous Story

The 2024 Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Physician Fee Schedule Rules: What Pharma Stakeholders Need to Know

Next Story

UK intelligence agencies seek to weaken data protection safeguards