U.S. Court in Washington Dismisses Class Action Against Medical Center for Alleged PHI Disclosure via Browser Plugins
- May 31, 2024
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington recently dismissed a class action against Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Overlake) alleging it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its own privacy policies by installing browser plugins on its public website and private patient portal that “secretly enabled” the unauthorized transmission and disclosure of patients’ confidential information to third parties.
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