Health Care & Hospital Law,
Data Privacy
Jan. 6, 2021
AB 713: A breather for the health care and life science industry
Assembly Bill 713 recently took effect and provides some helpful California Consumer Privacy Act clarifications and exemptions for companies in the health care space.
Sarah L. Bruno
Partner
Reed Smith LLP
Sarah L. Bruno is a partner in the Emerging Technologies group at global law firm Reed Smith based in San Francisco, advising companies in the entertainment, technology, beauty, consumer product, and health care spaces in all areas of data security and privacy, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia's Data Protection Act, and Colorado's Data Privacy Act. She assists clients with data audits and the development of governance systems that depend on jurisdictional issues as well as the nature of the data.
The health and life sciences industry ended 2020 in a good place with respect to the California Consumer Privacy Act. Not only does the CCPA have an exemption applicable to information that is collected under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, but Assembly Bill 713 recently took effect and provides some helpful clarifications and exemptions for companies in the health care space.
AB 713 was signed as an...
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