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> Expecting indifferently-paid and often-overworked pharmacist assistants, clerks, etc. to stand up to law enforcement This seems trivial to solve. Subpoenas g
by WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> Expecting indifferently-paid and often-overworked pharmacist assistants, clerks, etc. to stand up to law enforcement
This seems trivial to solve. Subpoenas get forwarded to corporate legal and they handle releasing of records.
It seems peculiar this isn't SOP now. Perhaps it's because pharmacists/managers cost less (in $ and accountability) than lawyers.
- WilTimSon 3y agoThis has the expectation that police wouldn't just pressure the clerk to do it themselves. The clerk says they'll forward it to corporate, the policeman tells him not to bother and hints that, you know, he is the one with the power here. How many people would ignore that and still do the bureaucratic procedure? Especially if the cop says it won't get back to legal and they'd be helping out on a case?
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoThe standard corporate policy would be that pharmacists aren't authorized to release records. To do otherwise would risk their jobs and whatever other action follows an unauthorized release of records. With this policy across chains, judges would be skeptical of a cop who tried to bully a local records release. Even a rogue cop could understand this reality.
- tomrod 3y agoRight, so we want to put brigands in prison regardless whether they are at times authorized to use the coercive force of the state.
- caskstrength 3y agoObviously, clerk shouldn't be able to access such data on a whim at all. Same as random "genius" in Apple Store can't access the customer iCloud data.