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Explained: Why The Feds Are Raiding Tech Companies For Medical Records

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The U.S. government is raiding little known tech companies for citizens’ medical data. And it appears innocent people are having their most private information put at risk.

Share to facebookAmerican medical records are being raided by police and tech companies may even be selling your mostWhen a U.S. government demand for genetic data from Ancestry.com was, it caused anxiety around the kinds of access police have to people’s DNA data.

And it seems police raids on medical tech companies may be more frequent and more fruitful than those on the likes of Ancestry.I’ve found multiple cases where federal agents have been quietly rummaging through databases of American citizens’ medical histories. In a search warrant I uncovered, the investigating agent goes into a little detail about what exactly he was able to determine from DrChrono records:

And, it adds, DrChrono can share your information with partners and: “We are not responsible for the privacy practices of the others who will view and use the information you disclose to others.”Yes and it will continue to happen. Investigations using DrChrono data appear to be ongoing. put in a freedom of information request with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, asking it for any communications it had with DrChrono.

 

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