Lawsuit Claims Mount Nittany Health Shared Private Patient Information with Facebook, Google (update1)
Geoff Rushton reports:
A lawsuit filed in Centre County Court this week alleges that Mount Nittany Health violated medical privacy rights by disclosing patients’ private information to Facebook, Google and other third-party websites without their knowledge.
Ah. Another tracker lawsuit, right? What caught DataBreaches’ eye about this one was the following:
… Mount Nittany has not notified patients of data disclosure and continues to employ the tracking technology.
Read more at StateCollege.com. The health system would not comment, citing pending litigation.
Update 1: The law firm representing these plaintiffs has also filed similar lawsuits against Excela and Commonwealth Health System.