FTC Finalizes Health Breach Notification Rule Update

Regs Now Cover Wearables and Health Apps, Extend to More Types of Breaches
The Federal Trade Commission has finalized changes to its Health Breach Notification Rule, expanding the type of technologies that apply to regulations pertaining to non-HIPAA-regulated entities. The rule has been on the books for about 15 years, but the agency only recently began to enforce it.

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