Many legal risks faced by device and diagnostics companies come from federal law and regulations. But a growing class of strict state privacy laws protecting consumer data could open the door to new risks, experts tell Medtech Insight. The issue is coming under extra scrutiny due to California’s recent adoption of a strict data privacy standard.
Attorney Sarah Sargent, an associate in the data privacy and cybersecurity group at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, says that the...