A new draft of the American Privacy Rights Act has been proposed by Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Maria Cantwell. This would entail a national privacy law, making health data protection rigorous and consistent across the US. The Act sets a new standard for data stewardship and care — access, correction, deletion and protection. Benefits of this legislation are set to include increased trust, reduced costs and fewer data breaches in the health sector.

The NHS needs to tighten its third-party supplier cybersecurity
The NHS should proactively fortify cybersecurity within its third-party software suppliers following recent damaging ransomware attacks, says Jonathan Lee from Trend Micro. He suggests implementing