Robert Storace reports: A Bridgeport Superior Court jury has awarded $853,000 to a former Connecticut resident whose medical records were released to her former boyfriend without her knowledge. At an earlier stage, the Connecticut Supreme Court used this case to state in a matter of first impression that a violation of medical privacy under a…
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Fourth Amendment Reasonableness After Carpenter
When John Wesley Hall, Jr., a criminal defense attorney and author of fourthamendment.com and Search and Seizure (5th ed. 2013) says a new law review article provides great insight, it’s worth checking into. Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Fourth Amendment Reasonableness After Carpenter, 128 Yale L.J. Forum (forthcoming 2019): Abstract and lead paragraph: Carpenter v. United States has…
Privacy and Cybersecurity: A Global Year-End Review
There have been a number of reviews of privacy and security news in 2018. Here’s one by Jadzia Pierce of Covington & Burling, the law firm that has represented my blogs for lo, these many years. I thank them for their ongoing support of my work, and wish them all a happy and healthy New Year in 2019….
Vendors team to try to reduce patient data snooping
Joseph Goedert reports: CynergisTek is a cybersecurity and information management consultancy with expertise in the optimization of privacy programs and its partner, Protenus, offers technology to monitor health professionals’ behaviors using analytical and artificial intelligence technologies. Two health IT vendors are developing a service to enable providers to establish and maintain an effective privacy monitoring…