A federal judge in Texas vacated federal guidance that clarifies how health-care providers can use online tracking technology without running afoul of health-care privacy regulations.
The US Department of Health and Human Services lacked authority to issue the March 18 guidance, which requires providers to take extra care to protect data that—the agency said—would allow third parties to identify website users who look up online information about their health-care conditions, Judge Mark T. Pittman of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas said Thursday.
Pittman is a Trump appointee in Fort Worth whose been identified as a ...
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