From: Lexology
Jennifer M. Kashatus | DLA Piper LLP
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its creation of a Mobile Health Apps Interactive Tool, a web-based tool designed to help developers of mobile health (mHealth) applications understand which federal laws and regulations they should consider in developing their apps[1]. While the tool is helpful as a starting place for mHealth app developers to recognize basic issues regarding the applicability of select laws and regulations, developers should be cautious about relying exclusively on guidance resulting from the tool[2]. In addition to using the tool, developers should obtain detailed legal guidance regarding:
- Complex legal issues under the laws and regulations covered by the tool, such as whether the type of information collected by the app is “identifiable health information”; and
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