Erin Connolly reports: As the issue of immigration continues to be a focal point in the Trump administration, healthcare professionals have started grappling with the question of whether or not they must report undocumented immigrants to authorities — or face Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations if they do. In 2013, Arizona introduced…
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“Release my husband or else,” US citizen behind HIV data leak threathens to expose information to the public
Anna Maria Romero reports: Singapore — In an affidavit filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, Mikhy Farrera-Brochez admitted that he had the database of the HIV registry in his possession, had brought it into the US, and threatened the Government of Singapore that he would release the data for…
Michigan Employers Can Refuse to Hire Medical Marijuana Users
So you say you have nothing to hide? And you’re not concerned that people know you use marijuana? Sebastian Chilco, Dale L. Deitchler, and Nancy Delogu of Littler write: In an unpublished opinion, a state appellate court held the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) did not provide a cause of action for an applicant whose…
Ontario’s privacy commissioner to investigate sale of health data
Updating a story reported previously, Sheryl Spithoff reports: The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario is launching an investigation in the wake of a Toronto Star story about the sale of patient medical records. U.S. health data giant IQVIA says it has the potential to access the health records of five million…