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Creston wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 13:32:Quboid wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 11:40:
From the article "Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details":U.S. Customs and Border Protection media spokeswoman Jenny Burke said that due to privacy laws, "the department is prohibited from discussing specific cases."
They're taking the piss...
I was just going to quote that. Apparently those privacy laws aren't in effect when you go snooping through someone's medical records? Especially when said someone isn't an American citizen, so how the fuck did you get access to their records to begin with?
US Government grills medical providers about HIPAA; ignores HIPAA itself.
US Government grills every single legitimate buyer about software piracy; pirates software itself.
The pattern is becoming nicely clear.