PogoWasRight.org

Menu
  • About
  • Privacy
Menu

Privacy breach, fake news takes mental toll on COVID-19 patients

Posted on March 6, 2020June 24, 2025 by Dissent

How much specific information should the health department of your country or region give out about the location or identity of COVID-19 patients or those being monitored or tested? Some people may argue that public health concerns warrant government being more specific, perhaps, than they might otherwise be, but at what cost?

From The Jakarta Post:

Indonesia’s first two confirmed COVID-19 patients claim that media coverage and discussion on social media have taken a greater toll on them than the disease itself, saying that numerous breaches of privacy and the resulting stigma have left them “mentally drained”.Some people went so far as to directly attack one of the patients, known as Case 1, through social media.

Read more on The Jakarta Post. (free subscription required)

Related posts:

  • “Out Of Control”: Dozens of Telehealth Startups Sent Sensitive Health Information to Big Tech Companies
Category: BreachesHealthcareNon-U.S.Online

Post navigation

← Live Facial Recognition Is Coming to U.S. Police Body Cameras
Dutch Privacy Regulator Fines Tennis Association for Selling Personal Data Without Proper Consent →

Now more than ever

Search

Contact Me

Email: [email protected]

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Categories

Recent Posts

  • On July 7, Gemini AI will access your WhatsApp and more. Learn how to disable it on Android.
  • German court awards Facebook user €5,000 for data protection violations
  • Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher
  • Ninth Circuit Reviews Website Tracking Class Actions and the Reach of California’s Privacy Law
  • US healthcare offshoring: Navigating patient data privacy laws and regulations
  • Data breach reveals Catwatchful ‘stalkerware’ is spying on thousands of phones
  • Google Trackers: What You Can Actually Escape And What You Can’t

RSS Recent Posts on DataBreaches.net

  • Integrated Oncology Network victim of phishing attack; multiple locations affected (1)
  • HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule Investigation with Deer Oaks Behavioral Health for $225k and a Corrective Action Plan
  • HB1127 Explained: North Dakota’s New InfoSec Requirements for Financial Corporations
  • Credit reports among personal data of 190,000 breached, put for sale on Dark Web; IT vendor fined
  • Five youths arrested on suspicion of phishing
©2025 PogoWasRight.org. All rights reserved.