2026-09-20 22:40 UTC
Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers’ medical data. What should they do?
https://apnews.com/article/telehealth-prescription-glp1-ftc-hims-e6821ac2ff88d76bbfe71c08ad21cc3a
"Since the COVID-19 pandemic, scores of online health services have launched…
Increasingly, though, government regulators are accusing these companies of deceptive, unethical business practices, including disclosing their customers’ health data, signing them up for hard-to-cancel subscriptions and bypassing real-time consultations with doctors."
#USA #Privacy #Telehealth #Healthcare
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@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social 2026-09-20 22:42
More quotes: "Americans often assume that any personal health information they share is protected by HIPAA, the federal privacy law that governs the handling of medical information. But the law generally only applies to specific types of health businesses, including medical offices, hospitals and insurers, not telehealth companies offering prescriptions, counseling, DNA tests and other online services." #USA #FTC #HIPAA #Privacy #Telehealth #Healthcare