Health Care & Hospital Law,
Data Privacy
Aug. 24, 2023
UCSF Medical Center to face patient data breach case
The center and the Regents of the University of California were accused of incorporating Meta Platform Inc.’s Pixel tracking technology into the university’s online patient portal and permitting the tech giant to gather sensitive patient information.
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that UCSF Medical Center and the Regents of the University of California must face claims that it breached a contract by not keeping patient medical information confidential.
Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick found Tuesday that while the anonymous plaintiff’s claims against UCSF may have failed if she pleaded violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or the Confi...
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