Comments on: Driver’s Ed Photos of Dead Youth Didn’t Violate Family’s Privacy http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=1649 Medical Privacy: Who's losing your data? Who's selling it? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:04:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dissent http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=1649&cpage=1#comment-7367 Dissent Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:47:56 +0000 http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=1649#comment-7367 If a medic renders services to an accident victim while in their capacity as part of a HIPAA-covered entity, then even if the accident was in a public space, the medic cannot discuss the services rendered as that would be a HIPAA violation, right? How is taking a photo and then displaying it not exposing information obtained while in the capacity of a HIPAA-covered entity? What the public can do is one thing, but HIPAA-covered entities are held to a different/higher standard, I thought. If a medic renders services to an accident victim while in their capacity as part of a HIPAA-covered entity, then even if the accident was in a public space, the medic cannot discuss the services rendered as that would be a HIPAA violation, right? How is taking a photo and then displaying it not exposing information obtained while in the capacity of a HIPAA-covered entity? What the public can do is one thing, but HIPAA-covered entities are held to a different/higher standard, I thought.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=1649&cpage=1#comment-7360 Aaron Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:08:03 +0000 http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=1649#comment-7360 This is pretty straightforward, this lawsuit clearly had no merit whatsoever. Generally when you are outdoors in a public area (such as in a street) you have absolutely no expectation of privacy whatsoever. You can be filmed or photographed without permission. HIPAA doesnt even come into play, a random bystander could have also legally photographed the scene. This is pretty straightforward, this lawsuit clearly had no merit whatsoever.

Generally when you are outdoors in a public area (such as in a street) you have absolutely no expectation of privacy whatsoever. You can be filmed or photographed without permission. HIPAA doesnt even come into play, a random bystander could have also legally photographed the scene.

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