On September 26, I noted that the Oregon state board for psychology proposed disciplinary action for the University of Oregon psychologist who turned over a student’s counseling records to university attorneys. The psychologist was the head of the university counseling service. Today, the The Register Guard has an editorial that begins: The University of Oregon is…
Category: Workplace
Woman sues SeaWorld, Orlando Sentinel over leaked phone call
Mary Shanklin reports: A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc., the Orlando Sentinel and several other defendants for disseminating what she claims is a wiretapped phone conversation. The complaint filed in Orange County, Texas, states that SeaWorld in 2010 purchased a video recording of a “personal and sensitive” phone…
Deloitte Dabbles in Orwellian Tracking Devices
Greg Kyte reports: A Deloitte office in Canada had volunteers wear a device that tracked their every movement and their every conversation. The gadget looks and works like what you would expect if an ID badge had sex with an iPhone. The maker of these devices, a company ironically named Humanyze, claims that their devices track more than…
Fitbit Agrees to Sign Business Associate Agreements and Take on HIPAA Compliance
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…