Chris Rhodes reports on a sexual abuse complaint involving a technician at Mercy-Lincoln Hospital in Missouri. This is how the alleged assault began: Police said the female victim stated at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 3, 2020, she was directed by her primary care physician to Urgent Care located within Mercy-Lincoln Hospital for a chest…
Category: Healthcare
UK: Police given access to details of people told to self-isolate by UK government’s system
Kanishka Singh reports: British police forces have been granted access to details of people who have been told to self-isolate under the government’s ‘test and trace’ system, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said late on Saturday. A spokesman for the department said it agreed with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) that…
California AG Settlement Suggests Privacy and Security Practices of Digital Health Apps May Provide Fertile Ground for Enforcement Activity
Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus, and Rebecca Yergin of Covington & Burling write: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (“AG”) announced in September a settlement against Glow, Inc., resolving allegations that the fertility app had “expose[d] millions of women’s personal and medical information.” In the complaint, the AG alleged violations of certain state consumer protection and privacy laws, stemming from privacy…
Hospitals And VA Clinics Use ‘Xecan’ Facial Recognition And Palm Scanners To Track Patients
Joe Cadillic writes: Massachusetts area hospitals and VA clinics have begun installing Xecan facial recognition cameras to identify and track patients. According to Xecan, they have been providing ‘touchless clinic technology’ to hospitals and clinics for at least ten years. What makes Xecan so unique is using ‘immunocompromised cancer patients’ and COVID-19 together to justify using facial…