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HHS on the ADA
HHS celebrated the 32nd anniversary of the ADA last week, which included guidance on nondiscrimination in telehealth.
Breaches
Healthcare Orgs Continue to Report Impacts Of Recent Third-Party Data Breaches
Third-party data breaches are continuing to overwhelm the healthcare sector, based on the current state of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal.
A majority of companies have raised prices because of a data breach
Some 60% of organizations surveyed by IBM raised their prices because of a breach.
Security
Tenet Healthcare Cyberattack Leads to $100M in Lost Q2 Revenue
In its Q2 earnings report, Tenet Healthcare reported an “unfavorable impact” of approximately $100 million as a result of an April cyberattack. Tenet Healthcare is a large healthcare company based in Dallas, Texas that consists of 60 hospitals, 465 ambulatory surgery centers, and 110 additional outpatient centers.
GitHub introduces 2FA and quality of life improvements for npm
GitHub announced that the two-factor authentication program introduced in May 2022 is ready to exit beta and become available to all npm users.
Privacy
Calif. privacy agency takes aim at dismantling federal privacy preemption
Opposition to the federal bill preempting the CCPA and CPRA is growing louder, to the point where the California Privacy Protection Agency deemed it necessary to call an emergency meeting to further state the case for letting California's law stick.
Empleo de datos biométricos: Evaluación desde la perspectiva de protección de datos | AEPD
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, posted regarding proper treatment and evaluation of biometric data use under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Only 11% of US businesses fully comply with CCPA privacy law
Only 11% of US businesses fully meet California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requirements, according to a new study. This is actually higher than the 6% fully compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
US Senate committee advances two children's privacy bills
Committee members passed an update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act with a voice vote carried by the Democratic majority and the Kids Online Safety Act, which was approved unanimously, 28-0. Both bills head to the floor for a full vote in the Senate.
Misc
Fedora ditches 'No Rights Reserved' software over patent concerns
The reason for the policy change is simply this—while Creative Commons' CC0 license allows content creators including software developers to waive copyright to their work, it has no bearing on the patent or trademark rights that the creators continue to retain.