Joe Cadillic writes: Recent events have come to light about hospital surveillance that should concern everyone. Big Tech is using the pandemic as an excuse to turn hospitals into mirror images of law enforcement’s real-time crime centers. When Google announced that they were donating 10,000 Nest cameras to hospitals, my jaw dropped. “With these Nest Cams, nurses and…
Category: Healthcare
Canada: Court Defers To Hospital’s Decision-making During Pandemic
In April, BLG Law Firm noted a court decision. I missed their article at the time, but here it is now: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a March 19 recommendation by the Chief Medical Officer of Health, hospitals across Ontario modified their visitor policies to limit access to “essential visitors” only. These decisions…
CNIL Updates Data Protection Guidance for Employers in the Context of Lifting COVID-19 Containment Measures
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 7, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) updated its previous guidance for employers relating to the processing of employee and visitor personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, in particular, in the context of lifting containment measures (the “Updated Guidance”). Some employers may consider implementing systematic body…
Feds: Tenn. can share COVID-19 patient info without violating HIPAA
WVLT reports: The COVID-19 pandemic sparked the state of Tennessee to exercise an option allowing it to share Protected Health Information (PHI) with first responders. A memorandum of understanding allows the Tennessee Department of Health to release the names and addresses of Tennesseans diagnosed with the virus. The option was originally granted by the U.S….