On April 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released a new web-based interactive tool to assist mobile health app developers in navigating applicable federal laws and regulations in the areas of advertising and marketing, medical devices, and data security and privacy.
The interactive tool consists of 10 questions designed to identify whether a particular mobile health app is subject to any of the following federal laws:
- the privacy, security and breach notification rules issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA);
- the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA);
- the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act; and
- the breach notification rules issued by the FTC.
Regardless of whether mobile apps are subject to any of these federal laws, the guidance directs app developers to newly issued FTC best practices for protecting the privacy and security of consumer data.Continue Reading FTC Releases Online Tool to Help Health App Developers Identify Applicable Laws