Legislation Seeks to Regulate Privacy and Security of Wearables and Genetic Testing Kits

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Legislation Seeks to Regulate Privacy and Security of Wearables and Genetic Testing Kits
June 21, 2019
https://www.insideprivacy.com/data-...curity-of-wearables-and-genetic-testing-kits/

Last week, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Protecting Personal Health Data Act (S. 1842), which would provide new privacy and security rules from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) for technologies that collect personal health data, such as wearable fitness trackers, social-media sites focused on health data or conditions, and direct-to-consumer genetic testing services, among other technologies.

The bill would require HHS, in consultation with the FTC and other relevant stakeholders, to promulgate regulations that “strengthen privacy and security protections for consumers’ personal health data” collected, processed, analyzed, or used by health-related consumer devices, services, applications, and software.

In addition, the bill would require the new HHS regulations to provide individuals with the right to delete and amend their personal health data, to the extent practicable. It also directs HHS to consider developing standards for obtaining user consent to data sharing.
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