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Originally Posted by HuskyMan
concerning so-called "HIPPA" privacy laws, they appear to not be worth the paper they are written on.
READ THIS:
http://hipaahealthlaw.foxrothschild.com/2007/10/articles/privacy/employees-suspended-for-snooping-about-george-clooney/
personally, I think that ALL of the employees should have been FIRED immediately. apparently, a slap on the wrist and back to work they go (to snoop on you and your family, of course).
heard another one recently regarding a local bank. seems there is a local family who is known to be very well off financially. a certain bank employee makes it her business to constantly monitor their bank account to find out about their latest purchases, i.e. new Jags, diamond rings, vacations, swimming pools etc etc. and WE can all rest easy at night knowing this employee keeps ALL confidential bank account information confidential.......right.
bottom line?? the word "Privacy" is hereby removed from all dictionaries. it doesn't exist anymore. the system is working. |
Bottom line is you are just ranting about nothing. 2 hardly significant incidences do not indicate that something works or doesn't work. In fact, that it comes to light and there is some action being taken means it does work. Of course, as we can see in your rant, it doesn't work the way YOU want it to. IOW, if it doesn't work 100% it doesn't work. What is the percentage of really serious transgressions? IOW, what percentage results in something really bad happening. For instance, how many leaks of information result in a person being denied insurance or a job or breaks up a marriage?
Personally, I would rather scrap HIPPA and MIPPA altogether but to say that the system isn't working is a little bit of a stretch at this time. HIPPA is a very recent thing.