Consumer Privacy
The California Consumer Privacy Act’s impact on out-of-state companies
The CCPA, which includes various protections against the collection and disclosure of consumers’ personal information, was signed into law in June 2018.—Aya M. Hoffman
Health Care and HIPAA
OCR imposes $2.15 million fine against health system for multiple and significant HIPAA violations
On October 23, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had imposed a civil money penalty of $2,154,000 against Jackson Health System (JHS) for multiple HIPAA violations.—Jena M. Grady