Steven Andrews reports: Pokémon Go, the most popular mobile game app ever in the U.S., has captured the attention of players of all ages. But it could also be capturing sensitive images and information in hospitals, which could lead to a violation of HIPAA privacy rules. Employees at Massachusetts General Hospital received an email yesterday reminding them…
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Oregon psych board punishes UO counseling center director for releasing student’s records
Diane Dietz reports on some of the aftermath of a breach that made national news and led to revision of Oregon laws: The state psychology regulatory board voted Friday to punish Shelly Kerr, director of the University of Oregon counseling center, for giving a student’s therapy records to university lawyers without the student’s consent. Kerr, a…
Ca: PEI government under fire over alleged sharing of photo of dead home-care resident
The Canadian Press reports: The P.E.I. government is under fire for its handling of a privacy breach in which photos taken of residents of a long term care home were shared on social media. A CBC report says one photo shared on Snapchat in the spring of 2015 was a head shot of a deceased…
Chelsea Manning’s Legal Team Responds to Unconfirmed Rumors About Her Hospitalization
Apart from the outrageousness of the Army not contacting Manning’s team, I’m inclined to treat this as a privacy breach. It may actually be a HIPAA breach, although I’m not confident about that without further information. I realize there are some who may say that as a public figure or semi-public figure, Manning has less…