Expert: When It Comes To Personal Information, Digital Health Companies Need To Think Broadly

What the BetterHelp settlement can teach the medtech industry about data privacy

Hogan Lovells partner Scott Loughlin spoke to Medtech Insight about data privacy for digital health companies in the wake of the FTC’s proposed $7.8m settlement with BetterHelp.

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A new proposed order from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that popular online counseling service BetterHelp owes its customers $7.8m for a breach in data privacy, prompting the digital health industry to take another look at how they manage consumers’ personal information.

The company also assured consumers during signup that it would not use or disclose personal health data except as needed...

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