California Attorney General Rob Bonta reminded health app providers that California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act is for apps storing medical information like fertility trackers. Apps must preserve confidentiality, not disclose information without consent.
President Biden may soon announce an Executive Order that will include mandatory breach notification for software vendors that sell to the federal government. Todayâs columnist, Ilia Kolochenko of ImmuniWeb, outlines the history of privacy and notification laws and prospects for a national breach law in the U.S. WorldEconomicForumCreativeCommonsCC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Three years ago, the European Union (EU) overhauled its 1995 data protection directive with the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Perhaps somewhat unintendedly, GDPR created a novel privacy philosophy and culture.
The EUâs high privacy standard possibly inspired the California Privacy Right Act (CPRA) and many other national laws around the globe, including recent updates of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in Singapore and the upcoming modernization of privacy laws in Canada and Switzerland. Gradually more countries perceive GDPR as a north star for individual privacy rights, dat