Yves Smith writes: Matt Stoller warned back in 2012 that insurers would increasingly induce, then force, customers to agree to surveillance. But a Wall Street Journal story describes how insurers and medical providers, meaning your doctor’s employers, are actively cooperating, so as among other things, to help Big Pharma peddle more drugs to you. Stoller…
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Ca: Former P.A. doctor’s privacy breaches prompts privacy investigation
Glenn Hicks reports: eHealth Saskatchewan, the Crown Corporation which collects and stores electronic health records for residents, along with various users in Prince Albert of eHealth’s digital data bank, have been told to improve training and safeguards regarding the privacy of patients’ information. This follows an investigation by the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner into…
First GDPR fine in Portugal issued against hospital for three violations
Dr. Ana Menezes Monteiro writes that Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo has been fined 400,000 euros for violating the General Data Protection Regulation. The country’s regulator, Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados, found three violations of the GDPR: — a violation of Article 5(1)(c), a minimization principle, by allowing indiscriminate access to an excessive number of users,…
Jury Awards $853,000 to Woman After Leak of Confidential Medical Information
Robert Storace reports: A Bridgeport Superior Court jury has awarded $853,000 to a former Connecticut resident whose medical records were released to her former boyfriend without her knowledge. At an earlier stage, the Connecticut Supreme Court used this case to state in a matter of first impression that a violation of medical privacy under a…