Last week, I published information from both Singapore and the U.S. to compare how they are handling disclosure and privacy issues in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, let’s look at France and Denmark. France Kristof Van Quathem and Dan Cooper of Covington and Burling write: On March 6, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”)…
Category: Healthcare
Privacy breach, fake news takes mental toll on COVID-19 patients
How much specific information should the health department of your country or region give out about the location or identity of COVID-19 patients or those being monitored or tested? Some people may argue that public health concerns warrant government being more specific, perhaps, than they might otherwise be, but at what cost? From The Jakarta…
Does coronavirus concern justify relaxing data collection and sharing of personal information?
We are already seeing a lot of concerns about whether the current coronavirus scare justifies greater surveillance measures by governments. I thought I’d provide one example of how one government is addressing the concerns. From the Personal Data Protection Commission of SIngapore: Organisations may collect personal data of visitors to premises for purposes of contact…
Doctors now have automatic access to Vermonters’ health records
Katie Jickling reports: On March 1, thousands of Vermonters’ medical records became available to doctors, even for patients who have not given consent for their records to be shared. The new sharing policy went into place Sunday for records on the statewide health information exchange, a database run by Vermont Information Technology Leaders. Previously, Vermonters…