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Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds (wapo.st)

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Though some of the chains require their lawyers to review law enforcement requests, three of the largest — CVS Health, Kroger and Rite Aid, with a combined 60,000 locations nationwide — said they allow pharmacy staff members to hand over customers’ medical records in the store.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

IDK, protecting medical data is pretty important, see this incident involving an attempted blood draw by police in Utah, which is a very conservative and police friendly state, yet the police settled for a massive payout and the legislature promptly clarified the law to ensure it was clear a warrant is needed.

I don't know of any cases directly related to pharmacies, but I would honestly be surprised if that was somehow exempted from medical information protection laws. Then again, I've been unpleasantly surprised before...