From the road-to-Hell-has-been-traveled-too-frequently dept. Carrie Seidman has a commentary on Florida law that all parents of Florida students should read, and parents in other states should take note of in case the same provision is proposed in their states. Seidman writes, in part: Buried amid the school security measures swiftly passed by the Florida Legislature…
Category: Healthcare
Facebook Violates Trust of ‘Private’ Patient Groups
Ellen Matloff reports: Thousands of women who carry mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 and joined ‘private’ Facebook groups recently learned that their groups were vulnerable to a Chrome plug-in that allowed marketers to discover group members’ names and other private health information. That Chrome plug-in has since been removed from this, and apparently all…
Secretary Azar Says HHS Will Reform Health Privacy Regulations
Dena Feldman of Covington & Burling writes: On July 26, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar said that HHS will undertake an effort to reform federal health privacy rules, including those under HIPAA and the rules governing substance abuse treatment records at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2). In…
Smartphone headache apps pose privacy risks, study finds
Title: Privacy Issues in Smartphone Applications: An Analysis of Headache/Migraine Applications Authors: Mia T. Minen MD, MPH Eric J. Stieglitz JD Rose Sciortino John Torous MD Journal: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain Publication Date: July 4, 2018 Abstract: Headache diaries are a mainstay of migraine management, and many commercial smartphone apps have…