This statement was delivered orally to the FTC in its Open Commission Meeting, held on 18 January 2024.
The World Privacy Forum filed comments regarding the US Federal Trade Commission’s 2023 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Health Breach Notification. This marks the second set of comments WPF has filed, our first being in 2009 regarding the first iteration of the Health Breach Rule. The comments are technical, and focus on the fundamental challenges
Thank you Chair and Commissioners. The profusion of health apps, websites and digital tools that provide consumers with assistance and insights about their health is a positive development. However, it has come at the cost of increasing privacy risks. One of these risks is that consumers are confused about when and where federal health privacy protections apply to their health information.
The World Privacy Forum provided comments to the FTC regarding its proposed substantive amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310), 87 FR 33677. Generally, WPF supports nearly all of the proposed changes in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. However, we are concerned about three specific areas: The expansion of consumer records kept by telemarketers
The FTC held an historic open FTC Commission meeting, during which the Chair and Commissioners conducted their business openly and also provided an opportunity for public comments. The World Privacy Forum was selected to provide a public comment, which focused on the need to update the Health Breach Notification Rule.