The Spanish data protection authority has sanctioned a healthcare facility for failing to implement adequate security measures, thus allowing an unauthorized employee to access a patient's medical records. I. Unauthorized Access to a Patient's Medical Records: Suspecting that his health data had been disclosed to third parties, a patient requested access to his medical records from his healthcare facility. This request enabled the facility to id…
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The Spanish data protection authority has sanctioned a healthcare facility for failing to implement adequate security measures, thus allowing an unauthorized employee to access a patient's medical records. I. Unauthorized Access to a Patient's Medical Records: Suspecting that his health data had been disclosed to third parties, a patient requested access to his medical records from his healthcare facility. This request enabled the facility to id…