Patricia S. Calhoun is a health care attorney with an interest in privacy issues with Carlton Fields, P.A., where Patricia M. Carreiro is a data privacy and cybersecurity litigation attorney. They have an opinion piece on Stat News this week. They write: As money pours into health care startups built around artificial intelligence — more than…
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Ca: Privacy breach company remains part of B.C. health data sharing
Jeremy Hainsworth reports: A medical company hit by an October ransomware data privacy breach affecting 15 million Canadians is again named in a B.C. ministerial order as a company that can share British Columbians’ data. But, say observers, there is no issue for British Columbians to worry about as any liability rests with the government…
RI: Raimondo plan for coronavirus tracking raises civil-liberties concerns
Tom Mooney reports: Each day a team of nearly 100 state health workers and National Guard members perform what officials say is a vital bit of sleuthing in the fight against the novel coronavirus. They spend hours tracking down the friends, co-workers and relatives of those who have tested positive for the respiratory illness COVID-19…
Judge orders McHenry County Department of Health to disclose names of coronavirus patients to emergency dispatchers
Robert McCoppin reports: A judge has ordered that the McHenry County Department of Health divulge the names of coronavirus patients to emergency dispatchers so police know who has the virus when they respond to emergency calls, prosecutors said. State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally’s office filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of the sheriff. After the…