VIDEO: Your Fitbit Steps May Not Be Protected by Federal Law

Digital health data are being created at a dizzying rate yet a significant chunk of that personal information isn’t covered by federal privacy and security laws.

Everything from Fitbits to Apple iPhones are logging and storing health-care data that aren’t covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Digital health-care data pose real privacy risks, and a federal law change to regulate it is likely in the future, Nan Halstead, a health privacy and security attorney with Reed Smith LLP in Washington, told Bloomberg Law in a video interview. Increasing the federal government’s privacy and security regulatory scope ...