Adam Schwartz writes: The federal government plans to process more of our personal data, in the name of containing COVID-19, but without showing that this serious privacy intrusion would actually do anything to protect public health. EFF filed comments in opposition to these new plans from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The U.S….
Category: Healthcare
IMA, legal experts call NDHM ‘absolutely unnecessary’
Ashish Srivastava reports: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and legal experts have raised a red flag over the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day on Saturday. The IMA officials and legal experts shared serious concerns about the confidentiality and privacy of the…
MN: Concerns arise after DHS orders release of private health data of non-Band members to tribal health officials
T.A. LeBrun reports: Concerns have arisen over a July 21 order by Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Commissioner Jan Malcolm to release the private health data of non-tribal members living on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation to tribal health authorities. The order specifically relates to the transmission of COVID-19 and instructs local public…
Cry of privacy breach as Kerala cops tap call records of Covid patients
KP Saikiran reports: Kerala, whose scientific contact-tracing strategy in the initial weeks of the pandemic became a model for others to follow, has now worked up an ethical and legal storm with a controversial police decision to collect call detail records (CDR) of Covid-positive citizens and draw up “route maps” to trace those who came…