Tag Archives: CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)

Health care and life sciences companies may gain clarity from proposed amendment to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Proposed amendment AB 713, if passed, would hopefully provide clarity to businesses working with clinical research data. The amendment proposes matching CCPA de-identification standards to those set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), in addition to equally important clarifications for life sciences companies, health care providers and medical researchers. In particular, … Continue Reading

Please join us for an upcoming CLE Webinar, “Digital Health 101”

On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM ET, Reed Smith will be hosting “Digital Health 101”, a CLE webinar covering: Federal and state health care regulatory and reimbursement issues, including fraud and abuse implications and insurance coverage for digital health devices and services Applicability of federal and state privacy laws, including the Health Insurance … Continue Reading

Health Care and Life Sciences Industries Still Left in the Dark Following Publication of California Consumer Privacy Act Draft Regulations

Last Thursday, the California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, released the long-awaited text of the proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. Once finalized, these 24 pages of regulations will govern compliance with the CCPA. While the draft regulations provide insight into how regulated entities must address verification of consumer requests and clarifies aspects of how … Continue Reading

Key questions linger after recent amendments to California Consumer Privacy Act

Last week marked the end of legislative activity in the state of California for 2019, and with the impending California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or the Act) going into effect on January 1, 2020, many businesses were waiting optimistically for some clarification on lingering questions. The California legislature did pass five bills amending the Act, … Continue Reading

Join Us: Free CLE Webinar on Privacy Practices in Compliance with the CCPA

Reed Smith presents the latest installment in our Countdown to CCPA Compliance webinar series, “Privacy by Accident”, now available to watch on demand. Whether by accident or by design, many organizations have implemented privacy practices or programs that will help toward compliance with the CCPA. This webinar will discuss these practices and how they can … Continue Reading
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