The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has warned the Region of Sicily and all the subjects involved (provincial health companies, employers, competent doctors) that the processing of personal data carried out in implementation of the ordinance n. 75 of 7 July 2021 of the President of the Sicily Region, in the absence of corrective…
Category: Healthcare
50-State Survey of Health Care Information Privacy Laws
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has made a resource freely available: Seyfarth is pleased to provide you with our 50-State Survey of Health Care Information Privacy Laws. The world continues to struggle with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and pressures mount on health care organizations to properly share personal health information. While resources abound on how federal…
Brazilian pharmacy fined for illegal use of customer data
GRC World Forum reports: Drogasil pharmacy chain has been ordered to pay almost BRL730,000 ($112,000, €95,000) by Procon in Mato Gross, Brazil, for obtaining customers’ data without proper authorisation. The company disputes the consumer rights watchdog’s findings. Procon inspected six of the company’s branches in the state capital Cuiaba and found information from customers was…
Health Data Sharing With Social Services Raises Privacy Concerns
Christopher Brown reports: Proposed changes to federal health privacy rules intended to encourage information sharing with social services agencies could pose unacceptable privacy risks, provider groups and privacy advocates say. The goal of the changes to the HIPAA privacy rule (RIN 0945–AA00) is to encourage health-care providers and social services agencies to work together to address social…