FTC Finalizes Amendments to Health Breach Notification Rule Aimed at Clarifying Its Application to Health Applications and Similar Technologies

On April 26, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a pre-publication version of its final changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) designed to clarify the scope of the HBNR, including its coverage of health applications and other similar technologies, authorize the expanded use of email and other electronic means of providing notice to consumers of a breach, and expand the required content of the consumer notice. The final HBNR will go into effect sixty days after its publication in the Federal Register.

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