Samantha Cole reports: A new study out of the University of Toronto, published in The BMJ on Wednesday, highlights privacy issues around health apps by examining how medicine management apps share personal user data. The researchers found that most of the apps they tested shared sensitive information like medical history and demographics with third parties….
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Ex-Rutgers doctor accused of filming women in bathroom has hearing delayed after prosecutors find 11 more computers
Sophie Nieto-Munoz The former Rutgers doctor accused of filming women in a bathroom had his hearing postponed Monday afternoon after a search warrant yielded nearly a dozen more computers. James Goydos, 58, is facing a 160-count indictment of alleged illegal activity over a two-year period, including burglary, computer theft and more than 100 counts of…
MN: A blood sample in a lab is not “information” within the physician-patient privilege statute
Seen at FourthAmendment.com: A blood sample in a lab is not “information” within the physician-patient privilege statute. The state sought a search warrant for the blood sample. State v. Atwood, 2019 Minn. LEXIS 122 (Mar. 13, 2019). I had never thought of that before, but yes, I can see how it is not “information” although…
Cal.2d: No REP in a hospital room with an open door and nurses coming and going
Seen at FourthAmendment.com: Officers did not need a search warrant to enter her hospital room to talk to her about her still birth or whether she killed the fetus. There was no reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the entry. She also objectively consented to the officers remaining there and talking to her….