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FTC Health Breach Notification Amendments Underscore Need For Federal Legislation, Expert Says

 
• By Hannah Daniel

Former deputy privacy director of HHS Deven McGraw spoke to Medtech Insight about the shortfalls of the FTC’s proposed health breach notification amendments.

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The US Federal Trade Commission’s Health Breach Notification Rule Amendments are unlikely to solve the problems of personal health data privacy, despite expanding the rule’s scope.

Established in 2009, the Health Breach Notification Rule requires companies who collect personal health records and are not covered under...

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