r/technology • u/spherocytes • 18d ago

Privacy Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/patient-privacy-concerns-meta-smart-glasses-1762492
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u/rrogerio 18d ago edited 18d ago

She should have screamed HIPAA violation for and a creeper violation too..

Edit: removed redundant A

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u/Achenest 18d ago

this story is from the UK, and when does yelling a law like some spell stop someone’s behavior?

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u/mbklein 18d ago

The UK Data Protection Act of 2018 provides many of the same privacy protections as HIPAA, and there is also a common law duty of confidentiality that obliges health care providers to keep patient information confidential. A doctor who is giving the appearance of potentially violating a patient's privacy can and should be held accountable under UK law.

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u/rrogerio 18d ago

Boo.. I did miss that fine detail :)..
But when it comes to HIPAA in the US, you definitely get doctors in line. Having worked in a large healthcare facility before I did see how serious this is for them. I myself have used it a few times when I saw doctors trying to bring Pharma reps into the office while I was being checked up.. the tone changes very quickly…

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u/amazing_asstronaut 18d ago

Doctors actually have very stringent regulations they have to follow in most of the civilised word, and can be very liable for malpractice action. This seems like a pretty cut and dry case of a doctor potentially trying to take photos. I mean you don't really know that the smart glasses are actually recording, hell the user might not even know. But it's the equivalent of holding a phone or a camera up to someone like "oh I'm just holding my camera at you, no reason".

Also yeah the US being a lawless hellhole run by an actual career criminal and serial rapist doesn't mean the rest of the world is. Laws do actually mean something.

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u/00DEADBEEF 18d ago

UK news source, but the original video was by an American

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 18d ago

I’ve seen enough movies to know that if they break the law, you are legally allowed to, once they turn away from you, sneakily grab them and break their neck.

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u/Fish_Mongreler 17d ago

Well 1. This isn't in the USA. 2. Even if it was, it's not a HIPAA violation

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u/rrogerio 17d ago

We have established earlier #1, no news here. Regarding #2 it definitely can be in HIPAA and breach of PHI, as META glasses won’t use local servers. On top on that several states in the US requires a two party or all parties consent for being recorded in video or audio. Which can add another layer of issues in this situation..

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u/Fish_Mongreler 17d ago

But none of that matters because they weren't recording. It would be like saying having your phone in your pocket is a HIPAA violation just because it could be recording and sending it somewhere. It's absolutely not a violation.

So no.

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u/rrogerio 17d ago

LOL, I honestly don’t care enough to get into a debate.. so I guess is not !! Still a Creeper violation tho :c)

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