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The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Paula Stannard, one of the federal government’s top healthcare privacy officials, visited her eye doctor this year, she was asked to sign a form, acknowledging she’d received a privacy notice about how the office would use her health data. “Had I received […]
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According to Mountain View Voice’s source item, The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no., This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Paula Stannard, one of the federal government’s top healthcare privacy officials, visited her eye doctor this year, she was asked to sign a form, acknowledging she’d received a privacy notice about how the office would use her health data. “Had I received […]
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- The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.Mountain View Voice - 2026-05-27T12:00:00+00:00
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