Businesses urge Hochul to veto data privacy bill

(The Center Square) — A coalition of New York business groups is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a "restrictive" data privacy bill they say would drive up costs for health care consumers.

The New York Health Information Privacy Act calls for extending the state's existing protections for personal health information beyond the scope of federal HIPAA regulations. The legislation would make it illegal to sell an individual’s regulated health information without their consent and restrict the "processing" of health data by third party companies. Violators would face hefty fines.

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