Examples Health Data HIPAA Mental health 
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 16, 2023
A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. These companies include BetterHelp , Cerebral, GoodRX, Monument, and Workit Health.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Accelerate digital health. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). There’s an 11th imperative I add to the ten called out here, and it’s attending to mental health with grace, public policies, and resource allocation. Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care.
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Health Populi
APRIL 17, 2023
The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 15, 2023
The company states, “Cerebral is a mental health subscription that provides clients with ongoing, comprehensive access to online care and medication management for a monthly rate. Cerebral was obligated to contact its customers to report the data breach and the types of data involved. Cerebral App?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
APRIL 19, 2023
The FTC announcement clarified that email addresses constitute personally identifiable health information because email addresses identify visitors as people seeking mental health care. “Personal information” may be “health information” simply due to the nature of the product or service.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The legal action is one of what is likely to be an increasing number of fines issued to telehealth companies profiting from sharing consumers’ health data with advertisers, among other infractions. Under its health Breach Notification, the FTC took enforcement action, imposing a $1.5 Misrepresented its HIPAA Compliance.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 9, 2023
from sharing sensitive information about their consumer’s mental health challenges to companies for advertising purposes. million for “deceiving consumers after promising to keep sensitive personal data private.” Is the FTC Making an Example of BetterHelp?
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