msquebanh, 28 days ago to legal

Mom's #LifeLabs #DataBreach #ClassAction settlement cheque arrived. A whole $5.86 - after $2 processing fee 😏

"The website says the lawsuit occurred after the personal information, including health card numbers, of 8.6 million customers was stolen.

Payments are much smaller than what was originally promised on the settlement approval notice, which was compensation of $50 to $150."

https://nowtoronto.com/news/canadians-feel-jipped-after-receiving-less-than-8-in-lifelabs-class-action-lawsuit

#MedicalData #CanadianLaw #Legal #Canadian #HealthCareServices #PrivacyBreach

ErikJonker, 1 month ago to Cybersecurity

UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’. The health tech giant handles health data for about half of all Americans.
This is an immense hack and loss of data. Imagine all that medical data being sold on the darkweb to the highest bidder.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hackers-substantial-proportion-americans/
#medicaldata #cybersecurity #unitedhealth #cybercrime

ErikJonker, 1 month ago to privacy

Interesting blog about OpenSafely , a platform that allows research of medical data in a secure and privacy friendly way.
https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-to-use-nhs-data-for-scientific
#opensafely #privacy #security #medicaldata #NHS

PrivacyDigest, 5 months ago to Pharmacy

#Pharmacies share medical data with #police without a #warrant, inquiry finds

Though some of the chains require their lawyers to review law enforcement requests, three of the largest — #CVS Health, #Kroger & #RiteAid, with a combined 60,000 locations nationwide — said they allow #pharmacy staff members to hand over customers’ medical records in the store.
#hipaa #medicalrecords #privacy #medicaldata

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/12/pharmacy-records-police-privacy-abortion/

ilumium, 7 months ago to Futurology

EU member states: WE NEED THE #EHDS NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE AND ALL #RESEARCH WILL DIE !!1!

Also EU member states: Please increase the implementation deadlines, we'd need at least 10-15 years to digitise health care.

#EuropeanHealthDataSpace #dataprotection #consent #medicaldata #healthresearch #gdpr