Clayton Sandell and Jeffrey Cook report: A Colorado district attorney expressed frustration Thursday at not being able to prosecute an Aurora police officer who was found passed out drunk in his car last year, calling the department’s failure to launch a DUI investigation a double standard meant to protect one of its own. There’s a lot that’s…
Category: Healthcare
Sacramento County judge dismisses lawsuit against Sutter that alleged online privacy breach
Cathie Anderson reports: Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Christopher Krueger has dismissed a lawsuit against Sutter Health that had alleged the health-care giant was secretly sharing their medical information with Facebook, Google, Twitter and other third parties. In the legal filing, plaintiffs Jane Doe I and Jane Doe II asserted that Sutter “commandeers the web-browsers of patients and…
Slinging privacy breach accusations around is easy. Proving them is another matter.
Yesterday, I posted a news story about lawsuits over HIPAA privacy breaches, and I asked readers to think about what kind of harm or injury did they think would justify a lawsuit. Later yesterday, I read a piece about AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in New Jersey that seemed relevant to that question. The piece, provocatively…
Temperature checks at all Shanghai Metro stations
Privacy gets sacrificed when public health is at serious risk. Chen Huizhi reports on fever screenings at Metro stations in Shanghai: Temperature screenings for Metro passengers have been introduced at all stations in Shanghai as of Wednesday, says the city’s Metro operator. There are 751 temperature screening points at Metro stations, with 231 using thermal…