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   Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:44:30 JST Dan Gillmor

   American pharmacies are handing private information about their customers over to the police without even a warrant. Contempt for privacy -- with potential "criminal" consequences in anti-abortion states -- has never been more blatant, or dangerous.

   As usual, Congress can't be bothered to give a damn.

   https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/12/23998869/cvs-kroger-and-rite-aid-will-hand-over-your-medical-data-to-the-police-without-a-warrant

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:44:28 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • MyMiloCat+MydogNoodles

     @LeslieVS1965 @dangillmor This applies to all pharmacies in the US by the way. Even smaller ones aren't safe from this.

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     MyMiloCat+MydogNoodles (leslievs1965@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:44:29 JST MyMiloCat+MydogNoodles

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     @dangillmor another reason to patronize your local small - ish pharmacy. While you still can

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:44:57 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Artemesia

     @artemesia @dangillmor Via a series of loopholes probably.

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     Artemesia (artemesia@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:44:58 JST Artemesia

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     @dangillmor how does this not violate HIPAA?

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 07:34:23 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • MyMiloCat+MydogNoodles

     @LeslieVS1965 @dangillmor I'll repeat what I said earlier when I shared this:

     This is sadly tolerated because the US doesn't have a single privacy and transparency law in the books (at least in the federal level). Plus HIPPA is toothless in these cases since companies and law enforcement find loopholes to get around HIPPA.

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     MyMiloCat+MydogNoodles (leslievs1965@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 07:34:24 JST MyMiloCat+MydogNoodles

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     • Joe Ortiz

     @joeo10 @dangillmor wow I hope not! When my neighborhood pharmacy in upstate NY closed, it was either CVS, which made a mess of my meds list, or the supermarket pharmacies .... Most probably owned by ? -