CBC News reports: Dr. Vincent Nadon of Chelsea, Que., has been charged with sexual assault and voyeurism, after a complaint from one of his patients. Nadon, 56, was practising family medicine at the University of Ottawa Health Services Clinic on Rideau Street, according to police. Police received a complaint from a female victim in her mid-twenties earlier this week,…
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Final Rule Clarifies When Substance Abuse Programs Can Disclose Patient Information
Lauren DeWitt and Alyssa Sajczuk of Pepper Hamilton write: A final rule from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration establishes requirements for the exchange of patient information between substance abuse treatment programs and their agents and contractors. Published on January 3, the rule clarifies requirements for re-disclosure of confidential patient information by certain…
Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts
by Steven Englehardt, Gunes Acar, and Arvind Narayanan Recently we revealed that “session replay” scripts on websites record everything you do, like someone looking over your shoulder, and send it to third-party servers. This en-masse data exfiltration inevitably scoops up sensitive, personal information — in real time, as you type it. We released the data…
Court: Yes, there is doctor-patient confidentiality
This may come as a shock. AP reports: Connecticut’s highest court ruled Thursday on an issue that most people may think is already settled, saying doctors have a duty to keep patients’ medical records confidential and can be sued if they don’t. The Supreme Court’s 6-0 decision overturned the ruling of a lower court judge…