An August 2 article in Bloomberg Law's Health Law &
Life Sciences News, "California's Dreaming of Tougher
Health-Care Privacy," discussed the California Consumer
Privacy Act, a new law that gives consumers the right to know how
much of their personal data is being collected by companies and the
right to have that data deleted upon request, among other
provisions. Day Pitney's Eric Fader was quoted in the
article.
The law applies to manufacturers of consumer health wearables and
apps, for example, and its reach extends to companies located
anywhere in the U.S. that do business in California. Eric told
Bloomberg Law that other states are likely to enact their
own privacy laws modeled after California's, and that
differences in wording among the various states' laws may make
compliance with all of them a complex process for a large
company.
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