In an op-ed for The Hill, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer touted the recently approved Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act rule on the disclosure of individual's reproductive health data in legal investigations. Rain...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission updated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's Health Breach Notification Rule. The revised rule includes updated definitions to "underscore application" to health apps and "similar technologies not covered by HIPAA." Changes to the consumer and a...

The second AI Safety Summit hosted virtually by the U.K. and South Korea in May is drawing less fanfare than the first summit last year, Reuters reports. Leading artificial intelligence policymakers from the EU and the U.S. are uncertain about attending the 21-22 May summit, while Canada and the Net...

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority published its 2024 first quarter report on Google's efforts to implement the Privacy Sandbox. The report stated Google met all commitments made to the CMA, although "further progress is needed by Google to resolve our competition concerns ahead of (cookie) ...

Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, announced the authorization of the Security Incident Communication Regulation, which aims to strengthen cybersecurity practices and increase transparency. The RCIS requires organizations to report security incidents th...