Healthcare and Privacy News

Heart to Heart Hospice has achieved three of its top priorities, including reducing documentation time by almost 30 minutes and improving care planning – which speaks to the operational and compliance impact the technology has delivered.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced the U.S. AI Safety Institute would be renamed to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation. The CAISI will facilitate testing and research related to commercial AI innovation. “(The) CAISI will evaluate and enhance U.S. innovation of these rapidly developing commercial AI systems while ensuring they remain secure to our national security standards,” Lutnick said in a statement. Full story

Recent enforcement actions undertaken by South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission against major global technology companies in the last several years, including Apple, Meta and DeepSeek, “shows the regulator marrying meticulous guidance with muscular enforcement,” VeraSafe privacy counsel and Asia regional lead Kyoungsic Min, AIGP, CIPP/E, writes. Min explores actions taken by the PIPC, such as ordering Alipay to delete its algorithm, requiring “granular user notice and consent, or equivalent safeguards” in for cross-border transfers, while also outlining the implications for organizations’ privacy programs.Full story

The odds of U.S. Congress passing a proposed 10-year moratorium on state-level AI law enactment and enforcement are not increasing. Bipartisan opposition to the AI provision in the House-approved reconciliation is beginning to percolate among lawmakers as the bill enters Senate consideration. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reports on the hurdles that exist as the moratorium crosses chambers.Full story

Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms Scientific Director Yoshua Bengio launched LawZero, a nonprofit that has raised USD30 million with the goal of preventing AI technology from acting like human users, Axios reports. LawZero aims to promote secure AI training that focuses on using AI as a tool while protecting users online safety.Full story

According to research published by The Alan Turing Institute, children are positioned to be the most impacted by AI technology over their lifetimes, but they have not been represented in the decision-making regarding the development, use and regulation. The research featured recommendations for policy makers to actively capture children’s perspectives and learn from their experiences before crafting future AI regulations.Full story

MediaPost reports a Florida law banning children under age 14 from creating accounts on online platforms with so-called “addictive features” has been struck down by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on free speech grounds. “Youth have First Amendment rights,” Judge Mark Walker wrote. “Youth are people, not mere people-in-waiting or extensions of their parents. They have their own interests, ideas, and minds.”Full story

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre released its “Cyber security culture principles,” which are aimed at providing model organizational cultural conditions for successful cybersecurity programs. The NCSC said fostering a model cybersecurity culture involves talented security professionals bringing new expertise, introducing new methods of evaluating the cybersecurity culture and commitment to improving the culture.Full story

A group of cybersecurity professionals sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee endorsing National Cyber Director nominee Sean Cairncross, Cyberscoop reports. The letter claimed Cairncross’ “ability to navigate government, build coalitions, and implement strategic approaches to the challenges facing the United States make Sean situated particularly well to this role.”Full story

Finland’s Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman fined University Pharmacy 1.1 million euros for allegedly using cookies and tracking technologies on its online platforms. That data was later leaked to third parties. The DPA said it is looking into similar problems at other pharmacies.Full story

Sweden’s data protection authority, Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, is investigating Securitas to determine if the company uses cameras in its patrol cars and if it has a legal right to do so. The probe is part of the agency’s focus on employee privacy this year.Full story

The Office of Data Protection at the Abu Dhabi Global Market and the Office of Data Protection of Astana International Financial Centre in Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on data protection and privacy law. The agreement promises to establish a framework to share regulatory information, best practices and complaint cooperation.Full story

A coalition of privacy advocacy groups launched the No Phone Home campaign, which aims to prevent digital identification systems from tracking individuals, StateScoop reports. American Civil Liberties Union Senior Policy Analyst Jay Stanley said digital verification systems could collect large amounts of individuals’ sensitive information for companies in a way that “doesn’t represent the interests of identity holders, ordinary people who might want their privacy protected.”Full story

The physician and software engineer will hold dual titles as Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

The technology, which has been deployed ahead of schedule after an “aggressive timeline to scale AI agency-wide,” is meant to boost productivity for clinical protocol reviews, scientific evaluations and more.