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French Court of Cassation Excludes Application of Data Protection Act to Competition Authority’s Investigation

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The Court of Appeals found that the agents of the Commission Authority were authorized by a “freedoms and custody judge” to inspect the emails as part of the Commission Authority’s investigation into an alleged abuse of the company’s dominant position in the pharmaceutical market.

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HHS Issues New Model Privacy Notice for PHR Vendors

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On September 12, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) unveiled a model privacy notice for personal health records (the “PHR Model Privacy Notice”).

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