security breach

FTC says it will fine dig­i­tal health com­pa­nies that don’t dis­close data breach­es (mobi­health­news):

With data breach­es on the rise, the FTC is look­ing to make health apps more account­able for telling patients when their data has been exposed.

The FTC released a new state­ment spec­i­fy­ing that all health apps that cap­ture sen­si­tive patient infor­ma­tion noti­fy users, the com­mis­sion itself and in some cas­es the media when a secu­ri­ty breach has com­pro­mised iden­ti­fi­able health data. If the com­pa­ny fails to do so it could face a fine of $43,792 per day of vio­la­tion. [Read more…] about The Fed­er­al Trade Com­mis­sion (FTC) hard­ens data secu­ri­ty rules for health apps and devices