Eric Thieme of Faegre Baker Daniels writes: Is your Fitbit data covered by HIPAA? It depends upon where you got it (kind of). If you go to the store and pick up a Fitbit on your own, the data it generates is governed by the user agreement that you click through (which I’m sure everyone read…
Category: Healthcare
Porn Stars Panicked by California Health Record Subpoenas
I’ve been following privacy news developments in the adult entertainment industry for year (see earlier coverage on PHIprivacy.net), because frankly, I don’t understand some of the political stuff that has gone on and why porn stars should have less medical privacy with respect than other workers. Surely STDs aren’t the only communicable diseases, so why…
Ontario tables new patient privacy law
David Dias reports: Ontario tabled amendments that will strengthen the privacy of health-care information across the province through measures such as mandatory reporting of breaches, loosened rules around prosecution, and a doubling of fines for health-care workers caught snooping. Bill 119, which seeks to amend the 11-year-old Personal Health Information Protection Act, comes more than…
Woman arrested at gynecologist appointment after clinic calls cops over fake ID?
Did a healthcare clinic in Texas call the cops and turn in a patient for presenting false ID? And if so, does that violate HIPAA? Michael Barajas reports: …. When Borrego arrived at the clinic last Thursday for her routine annual exam, staff told her they needed to update her file and, after she filled out some…