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    The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act, last week. Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign this into State law later this year. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions.           The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or…

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    Wearable health-care technology has traditionally been used to monitor and improve the personal fitness of the wearer. More recently, wearables have been used by researchers in health-care research to record uniquely continuous, longitudinal health data outside of clinical settings. Data collected from wearables has been used in a plethora of research applications; from predicting COVID-19…

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    A Duke University report found telemedicine apps are harvesting and selling on data including patient names, addresses, mental health diagnoses and prescriptions for as little as six cents.

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