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Comment: GoodRx settlement puts health companies on notice about misuse of health data

By Madeline Hughes ( February 9, 2023, 21:52 GMT | Comment) -- Digital companies dealing with health information — even those not covered by the primary US healthcare data protection law — have been put on notice to ensure that health data is protected after the recent settlement by the US Federal Trade Commission with GoodRx. While privacy lawyers expected to see some enforcement actions over how companies use health data because of a 2021 policy statement reviving a 2009 data breach rule, the breadth of the GoodRx settlement — which bars the company from using any health-related information for advertising — is expected to have a lasting impact.Digital companies dealing with health information — even those not covered by the primary US healthcare data protection law — have been put on notice to ensure that health data is protected after the recent settlement by the US Federal Trade Commission with GoodRx....

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