Low-tech privacy breach earns Aetna lawsuit for revealing HIV patients

Discussion in 'privacy problems' started by ronjor, Aug 30, 2017.

  1. ronjor

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    Aetna agrees to $17M to settle data breach
     
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    I agree with Aetna, here, I think. Defendants, even if "privacy advocates", were careless about privacy. I mean, class notices about an HIV-related case that basically revealed HIV status to anyone who saw the letter?
     
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