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California Needlessly Reduces Privacy During COVID-19 Pandemic

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This one isn’t even related to contact tracing:

On March 17, 2020, the federal government relaxed a number of telehealth-related regulatory requirements due to COVID-19. On April 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the Order), which relaxes various telehealth reporting requirements, penalties, and enforcements otherwise imposed under state laws, including those associated with unauthorized access and disclosure of personal information through telehealth mediums.

Lots of details at the link.

Tags: breaches, COVID-19, medicine, privacy

Posted on April 16, 2020 at 10:34 AM21 Comments

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