Alison Knopf writes: When patients seek treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs)—in a society that stigmatizes and discriminates against people with SUDs in so many ways—they naturally want to know if their treatment will be “confidential.” This means: private, not shared with anyone unless they give permission to share it. There’s a federal regulation meant…
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41 California Privacy Experts Urge Major Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act
Eric Goldman writes: 41 California privacy lawyers, professionals, and professors are urging the California legislature to make major changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which the legislature hastily passed in 2018. The letter highlights six significant problems with the CCPA, including: The CCPA affects many businesses who never had a chance to explain…
Yukon Hospital Corp. violated privacy legislation by sharing new mother’s health info, IPC finds
Jackie Hong reports: The Yukon Hospital Corporation (YHC) violated privacy legislation when it shared a new mother’s health information with a community health centre without the woman’s knowledge or consent, the territory’s privacy watchdog has found. However, after an internal review and consultation with British Columbia health authorities, the YHC determined that there was nothing…
European Court of Human Rights Finds Violation of Journalist’s Privacy
Jack Boeglin of Covington & Burling writes: On 10 January 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the Republic of Azerbaijan violated Articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by failing to adequately investigate claims by an Azerbaijani journalist that she had been the victim of political…