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Article on website privacy, scary
by foofighter, Apr 13, 2008 12:46PM
HIPPA might not protect us down the road. I saw this when I was out to CA for Fibroscan and forgot to post it. Just read it again. Hate to be paranoid, but when it comes to insurance companies or employers digging up ways to deny benefits...a good reason to be more anonymous I guess.
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One concern is that insurance companies might use personal information posted on Web sites as justification to turn down a person's application for coverage, Dixon said.
The issue surfaced in December when a New Jersey judge ordered a girl to turn over her postings on the Facebook and MySpace social network sites as evidence in a lawsuit seeking to force Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to pay for the girl's medical treatment for an eating disorder, according to Law.com. Horizon said the condition was psychological rather than medical, and that the girl's postings proved it.
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Full article:
http://tinyurl.com/4fon5p
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One concern is that insurance companies might use personal information posted on Web sites as justification to turn down a person's application for coverage, Dixon said.
The issue surfaced in December when a New Jersey judge ordered a girl to turn over her postings on the Facebook and MySpace social network sites as evidence in a lawsuit seeking to force Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to pay for the girl's medical treatment for an eating disorder, according to Law.com. Horizon said the condition was psychological rather than medical, and that the girl's postings proved it.
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Full article:
http://tinyurl.com/4fon5p
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It's good that you remembered to post this. Maybe MH will let us know what they would do if they were asked to turn over our posts.
MO
Yes, after the phone companies dealings with the current administration, it would be good to know if MH has policies in place for different scenarios.
Regardless, I have a very handsome pet who will be making an appearance soon. : )