The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has recently issued guidance that explained how the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits disclosures of protected health information – including reproductive health care information. It follows the overturning of Roe v. Wade following the SCOTUS Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s ...

John Doe, a Facebook user and a Medstar Health System patient from Maryland, has sued Meta (the parent company of Facebook) for scraping protected health information. The social media giant allegedly collects highly sensitive data of patients who use the Meta Pixel tool on their websites. It has ...

The U.S. Senators addressed the letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They aimed to start an investigation of Apple and Google's unjust and deceitful data privacy methods. Lawmakers also urged that advertising data tracking can threaten confidentiality and security in the USA, especially ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) published short hints on cyber posture in the healthcare field. The organization also gave step-by-step guidance to strengthen the cyber stance. What is the Cyber Posture? The HHS Health ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) upgraded the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool to version 3.3. This version includes SRA Excel Workbook as well. What is SRA Tool? ...