Christopher Brown reports: Rite Aid Corp. shared the protected health information of visitors to its website with Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. without informing them or obtaining their consent in violation of Pennsylvania privacy laws, a proposed federal class action said. Marylou Anderson, Autumn Blaze, Calder Duffy, and Nashere McGee alleged that Rite Aid installed tracking tools from Google and…
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Is OCR Correct That Website Metadata Is Regulated by HIPAA? Chicago Federal Court Asks
Scott Lashway and Matthew Stein of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips write: The plaintiff’s bar continues to bring new wiretapping claims over pixels and analytics programs in courts around the country, including against hospitals and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This comes, in part, on the heels of the…
Why HHS Regulators Are Heavily Scrutinizing Web Tracker Use
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: The Department of Health and Human Services is heavily scrutinizing potential HIPAA violations involving online tracking tools in healthcare entity websites that impermissibly transmit sensitive protected health information to third parties, said Susan Rhodes of HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. […] In this video interview with Information Security Media Group at…
Lawyer: Feds now investigating release of trans medical records by Vanderbilt
Nick Beres reports: A federal investigation is now underway into the controversial release of medical records from Vanderbilt’s transgender clinic, according to a local attorney. That release of records came at the request of Tennessee attorney general Jonathan Skrmetti. The question is did the request and release go too far and violate privacy laws? What…