FTC Enforces Breach Rule Against GoodRx - National Law Review
WebMar 13, 2023 · The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently kicked off enforcement of its Health Breach Notification Rule (Breach Rule) by taking aim at GoodRx’s use of tracking technologies (e.g. pixels) and ...
Ovulation Tracking App Premom Will be Barred from Sharing …
WebMay 17, 2023 · This is the FTC’s second enforcement action involving the Health Breach Notification Rule following a settlement announced in February with telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. The FTC charged that GoodRx violated the rule by failing to notify users’about the company’s unauthorized disclosure of …
FTC fines GoodRx for selling user health data
WebFeb 2, 2023 · GoodRx fined $1.5 million for allegedly selling users’ health data. The company allegedly promised to keep users' medical info private, but instead sold it to third-party advertisers. The FTC ...
FTC Proposes Amendments to Strengthen and Modernize the …
WebMay 18, 2023 · In February 2023, the FTC announced its first enforcement action under the HBNR against telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. The FTC says GoodRx and Premom each violated the rule by failing to notify users about the companies’ unauthorized disclosure of users’ personally identifiable health information to ...
FTC's GoodRx Enforcement Shows Risks of Improper Data …
WebMar 21, 2023 · On February 1, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a proposed order implementing a permanent injunction and civil penalties against GoodRx in what the FTC called a “first-of-its ...
FTC Announces First Enforcement Action Under the Health Breach ...
WebOn February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a complaint against and proposed settlement agreement (the “proposed order”) with GoodRx, a digital health company, over its data sharing practices that allegedly resulted in the disclosure of sensitive health information to third-parties. This is the first enforcement action the FTC …
FTC cracking down on companies that share customers’ health data
WebFeb 1, 2023 · The FTC also wants to task GoodRx with ensuring that the third parties with which it shared health data delete it, and with implementing new privacy protections for users. The agreement assesses ...
FTC finds GoodRx shared sensitive health data with Facebook, …
WebFeb 1, 2023 · The FTC on Wednesday filed a court order against GoodRx for failing to notify users that it shared their personal, identifiable health data with Facebook and Google and said it would permanently ban the company from sharing such information for ads, should the court order be federally approved. Why it matters: The court order is the first FTC ...
FTC goes after GoodRx for sharing users' health data - Fierce …
WebFeb 1, 2023 · FTC slaps GoodRx with $1.5M fine for sharing users' health data with Facebook, Google. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) invoked the Health Breach Notification Rule for the first time as an ...
Protecting the privacy of health information: A baker’s dozen …
WebJul 25, 2023 · There are a number of key messages from BetterHelp, GoodRx, Premom, Vitagene, and other FTC matters that you need to hear. In the past few months, the FTC has announced case after case involving consumers’ sensitive health data, alleging violations of both Section 5 of the FTC Act and the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule. The privacy ...
Top takeaways from the FTC-GoodRx case - International …
WebFeb 10, 2023 · The FTC's enforcement action against GoodRx has important takeaways for privacy programs that handle health-related data. It also signals an increase in the FTC's use of its unfairness authority in privacy cases, IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, and Westin Research Fellow Amy Olivero write. ...
GoodRx FTC Privacy Fine Is ‘Warning Shot’ for Health Tech Firms
WebFeb 3, 2023 · FTC fined GoodRx over sharing data for ads. Action puts other digital health providers on notice. The Federal Trade Commission’s $1.5 million fine against GoodRx Holdings Inc. signals a broader reckoning for a growing array of health tech services and devices that collect and use information about their users to monetize free products.
GoodRx Shared Personal Health Data With Advertisers, FTC …
WebFeb 1, 2023 · GoodRx Shared Personal Health Data With Advertisers, FTC Alleges in Settlement. Company required to change practices and pay $1.5 million in an enforcement action the commission says is the first ...
Lurking Beneath the Surface: Hidden Impacts of Pixel Tracking
WebMar 16, 2023 · A deep dive into the technical side of FTC’s recent cases on digital health platforms, GoodRx & BetterHelp. The Federal Trade Commission recently took enforcement action against GoodRx and BetterHelp, two digital healthcare platforms, for allegedly sharing user health data with third parties for advertising.Both cases highlighted …
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