Clinton Hinely reports: A Richmond Hill man has been charged with falsely accusing people of patient privacy violations. Jeffrey Parker, 43, is charged with one count of false statements, according to a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. The charge carries a possible sentence of up to five years in federal prison. According…
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MN: Eden Prairie man charged with 11 counts of invasion of privacy
SW NewsMedia reports: An Eden Prairie man has been charged with 11 counts of invasion of privacy after he allegedly installed a camera in a bathroom at the Hennepin County Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, according to a Hennepin County criminal complaint. Mauricio Morales, 45, admitted to investigators that he had installed a camera in a…
US: Updated Joint Guidance on Privacy and Student Education and Health Records
The U.S. Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released updated joint guidance today addressing the application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to records maintained on students….
Medical Prescription Warrantless Searches Get New Challenge
Sara Merken reports: Medical prescription records should be shielded from warrantless searches by federal agents cracking down on illegal use of opioids and other narcotics, New Hampshire officials are arguing in a First Circuit case. The case is the first to test whether the Supreme Court’s decision last year in a cellphone privacy case, Carpenter v….