Puja Amin of Womble Bond Dickinson writes about a complaint that may be of interest to some readers: … Just before the alert was sent out, Judge Katherine Polk Failla, rejected three self-represented New Yorkers’ request for a preliminary injunction to halt the test of the Presidential Alert system, apparently finding Plaintiffs’ claims “too speculative.” The…
Category: Healthcare
For third time, San Diego County is accused of accessing private records to defend lawsuit
Jeff McDonald reports: Lawyers for the County of San Diego are once again being accused of snooping through confidential records to defend a civil lawsuit, the third time in recent months that plaintiffs have leveled such an allegation. The new accusation was contained in a motion plaintiffs’ lawyers filed last Thursday in U.S. District Court,…
Creating National Biometric System for Patient Matching Will Threaten Privacy and Security
The following is a press release from the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom. CCHF co-founder Twila Brase has a long history of advocating for patient privacy. You can find a number of posts on DataBreaches.net that report on her efforts. Thanks to Joe Cadillic for sending this along. ST. PAUL, Minn.—The Pew Research Center last week…
Former patient accuses health care data provider of breach of confidentiality
Philip Gonzales reports: A Logan County woman is suing a Charleston health care data provider, alleging invasion of privacy and negligence. Elizabeth Fry filed a complaint in Kanawha Circuit Court against Molina Information Systems LLC, doing business as Molina Medicaid Solutions, alleging the defendant negligently allowed a third party to access the plaintiff’s medical record…