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So what do we do to stop this? What recourse do people directly affected by this have?
by rayuela 7y ago
So what do we do to stop this? What recourse do people directly affected by this have?
- twobat 7y agoGDPR should kick in long before medical data is on the table.
- buboard 7y agolaws protecting medical data are stricter and preceded gdpr by many years
- dragonwriter 7y agoGDPR will only occasionally and coincidentally (if at all) be relevant to health data held by US health care providers and their business associates, whereas HIPAA will always be relevant.
- x0x0 7y agoGo to fitbit and delete your data. I just did; it's pretty painless. login, click on the wheel, and the delete link is at the bottom.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Go to fitbit and delete your data. That has no effect on the central theme of the story (which is health care firms partnering with Google as a Business Associate, and thereby sharing patient data).
- papln 7y agohttps://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/complaint-process/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/complaint-proce... Complaint Requirements Anyone can file a health information privacy or security complaint. Your complaint must: Be filed in writing by mail, fax, e-mail, or via the OCR Complaint Portal Name the covered entity or business associate involved, and describe the acts or omissions, you believed violated the requirements of the Privacy, Security, or Breach Notification Rules Be filed within 180 days of when you knew that the act or omission complained of occurred. OCR may extend the 180-day period if you can show "good cause"
- shadowgovt 7y agoBut what would the complaint be? "I don't want my data transferred to Google, because.... Google?" I mean, filing a complaint is free but I imagine it should have a grievance attached to be taken seriously.