Author: Elise Brazelton

Elise counsels a wide variety of clients in the Health Care industry on regulatory and transactional matters, offering specialized knowledge related to privacy and security. Prior to joining the firm, Elise externed in the general counsel’s office of a multinational telemedicine and virtual healthcare company. Before becoming an attorney, Elise worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP). Elise is a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/US)

FTC Takes First Enforcement Action for Violation of the Health Breach Notification Rule – A Federal Health Privacy Rule Beyond HIPAA

On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that digital health platform GoodRx violated the FTC Act by repeatedly sharing personal health information with advertising companies and platforms, such as Facebook and Google, and failed to report the unauthorized...