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Security and privacy issues encountered by businesses often require immediate and discreet solutions. We cover topics that arise from guiding our clients through the process of complying with the ever-growing number of state, federal and international laws governing information security, identity theft, surveillance and other privacy issues.

Security, Privacy and the Law
Expanded Protections for Reproductive Health and Gender-Affirming Care: What Massachusetts Providers Need to Know
Blog September 04, 2025
On August 7, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law an Act Strengthening Healthcare Protections in the Commonwealth (the “Act”), which amends the state’s existing “Shield Law” protections for providers of reproductive health and gender-affirming care (“Protected Care”)…
The FTC's Post-Dobbs Focus on Location Privacy Draws a Legal Challenge
Blog August 25, 2022
As we had previously blogged, the FTC in guidance following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health indicated that it would aggressively wield its enforcement authority in relation to deceptive statements about location privacy, particularly in the context of what the FTC called “the often shadowy ad tech and data broker ecosystem.”  The FTC voiced particular concern about unbeknownst tracking or selling of sensitive location data…
Anonymization v. De-Identification, Post-Dobbs; Rumblings from the FTC
Blog July 18, 2022
When is personal data anonymized?  The answer to this question has largely been based on jurisdiction.  If your business is in the U.S., so long as HIPAA or the CCPA does not govern, then generally aggregated or de-identified data could often be considered anonymized for legal compliance purposes.  (Both HIPAA and the CCPA have specific requirements for what counts as de-identified data.)  Under the GDPR, the story has been much more complicated:  merely de-identified…

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The Foley Hoag Security, Privacy and the Law Blog focuses on the security and privacy issues encountered by businesses that often require immediate and discreet solutions. Here we cover topics that arise from guiding our clients through the process of complying with the ever-growing number of state, federal and international laws governing information security, identity theft, surveillance and other privacy issues.

Our lawyers assist clients with questions on how to legally and ethically investigate abusive e-mail, take down infringing Web sites, maintain surveillance of company facilities and information systems, and remediate breaches of security. We work with clients to ensure the legality and success of existing security policies and protocols and help them develop new programs when necessary. Our lawyers have managed unexpected crises ranging from surprise inspections by government investigators to obtaining emergency court orders needed to secure stolen company computers from rogue insiders.

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