On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Bulletin to highlight the obligations of HIPAA-covered entities and business associates when using “online tracking technologies,” or what OCR describes as “script or code on a website or mobile

Danielle Brooks
Dani Brooks is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group.
Dani earned her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2021. While at Georgetown, Dani interned with the Legal Aid Society in its Queens Housing Law Practice; worked as a Honor Student Volunteer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its Enforcement Division, specifically the Office of the Whistleblower; and joined the Policy Clinic at the Harrison Institute for Public Law as a member of its Health and Food Team.
Prior to law school, Dani graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS) and minors in both Corporate Strategy and Psychology. Dani received the Top Scholar Award for earning the highest GPA among all Class of 2018 MHS graduates.
Amazon’s Recent Acquisitions Highlight the Value of Consumer Data (and the Evolving Privacy Issues)
Roughly two weeks apart, on July 21, 2022 and August 5, 2022, respectively, Amazon made headlines for agreeing to acquire One Medical, “a human-centered and technology-powered primary care organization,” for approximately $3.9 billion and iRobot, a global consumer robot company, known for its creation of the Roomba vacuum…