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CVS to release patient data to Microsoft. (vanity)
Threat Matrix 2021 ^ | 12/13/2021 | nully

Posted on 12/13/2021 8:35:58 AM PST by null and void

CVS is reportedly in the process of tuning over medical data to Microsoft. According to reports, Microsoft Azure will help CVS “enhance its omnichannel pharmacy capabilities and deliver customized, omnichannel health recommendations,” which is likely only possible if patients’ medical histories are laid bare for Microsoft, and possibly Gates, to view and analyze.

H/T Godzilla - Threat Matrix


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hippaviolation; security; siliconvalley; surveillance; trustbillgates
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My response to CVS:
Please be advised that I EXPLICITLY do NOT, repeat NOT, grant my permission for you to share my medical infromation with Microsoft or any other outside entity in direct violation of HIPPA.

Please advise immediately if you intend to ignore the law and my wishes so that I may retain legal council in a timely fashion.

Regards,
(nully)

May I suggest that all y'all send them a similar message?

Lightning-strikes-image

1 posted on 12/13/2021 8:35:58 AM PST by null and void
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To: null and void

Putting their computers in Azure is NOT giving MS the data. At least technically.


2 posted on 12/13/2021 8:37:10 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; opentalk; ..

Combined N-JCT and Bring Out Your Dead pings


3 posted on 12/13/2021 8:37:18 AM PST by null and void (Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
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To: null and void

“CVS is reportedly in the process of tuning over medical data to Microsoft.”

Where?


4 posted on 12/13/2021 8:40:36 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: null and void

It likely only means it will be hosted there for CVS to use, not Microsoft.


5 posted on 12/13/2021 8:43:16 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: TexasGator

the cloud ... Microsoft Azure ... more fear porn ...


6 posted on 12/13/2021 8:46:48 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: null and void

Thanks for the heads up, but I’ve never used CVS and never had any desire to.

Now if Walgreen’s ever goes into an agreement with the devil, then you can bet I’ll be sending a letter to them, post haste.

‘Face

:o|


7 posted on 12/13/2021 8:56:05 AM PST by Monkey Face ( ~~ God is determined to make of us more than we thought we could be. ~~ Jeffery R Holland ~~)
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To: null and void
Hey, when even Bill Gate's wife doesn't trust him,
why should I ?

8 posted on 12/13/2021 9:04:13 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Monkey Face

Walgreens completed their migration to Azure in May.


9 posted on 12/13/2021 9:10:00 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: null and void
Please be advised that I EXPLICITLY do NOT, repeat NOT, grant my permission for you to share my medical infromation with Microsoft or any other outside entity in direct violation of HIPPA.

Using Microsoft Azure in and of itself does not break HIPPA. There are MANY regulations and layers of protection that keep Microsoft from accessing the information directly. I work for another cloud company (NOT Microsoft or anyone else mentioned in this post), and even though I backup and restore VERY large amounts of data, I cannot see that data, VERY few of the employees can, and no one has access to all of it directly. By the way, I am NO fan of Microsoft, but they are no worse than the other very large players in the market (Amazon AWS and Google).

The best way to steal private medical information is still by having a mole in the government or hospital.
10 posted on 12/13/2021 9:12:07 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: null and void

Additional discussion here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4020606/posts


11 posted on 12/13/2021 9:12:28 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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i’m sure CVS will provide a little known opt out option for high info people. the low info types will of course be screwed again, when so called “health” recommendations start popping up on their screens.


12 posted on 12/13/2021 9:13:21 AM PST by dadfly
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One of the reasons why I have NEVER ever had a prescription sent to or filled by CVS. I put them right behind Walgreens, primarily because of Walgreens’ idiocy in getting mixed up with Theranos...


13 posted on 12/13/2021 9:15:05 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: ConservativeMind

Oh then....like the CLOUD or something? We all know that can’t be abused.....


14 posted on 12/13/2021 9:16:32 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Monkey Face

Walgreens already did. That devil was called Theranos....


15 posted on 12/13/2021 9:17:38 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: cgbg

Thanks.


16 posted on 12/13/2021 9:33:58 AM PST by null and void (Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
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To: null and void
My response to CVS:

Please be advised that I EXPLICITLY do NOT, repeat NOT, grant my permission for you to share my medical infromation with Microsoft or any other outside entity in direct violation of HIPPA.

Please advise immediately if you intend to ignore the law and my wishes so that I may retain legal council in a timely fashion.


If CVS if hiring Microsoft (buying cloud storage) to handle patient data, then that is NOT a violation of HIPAA - HIPAA allows for medical data to be shared with contracted companies as needed, as long as steps are still taken to protect the data from other parties.
17 posted on 12/13/2021 9:47:19 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: discostu
Putting their computers in Azure is NOT giving MS the data. At least technically.

Maybe not but putting it on the cloud will possibly open it up to hacking.

18 posted on 12/13/2021 10:02:14 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: null and void

Psst...HIPAA


19 posted on 12/13/2021 10:03:23 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Gaffer

I’ve never heard of Theranos, so I’m totally in the dark on it. I’m probably going to be very sorry about that. But I can always move my prescriptions to a small local pharmacy, once I get a vehicle.

Thanks for the info.

‘Face

;o]


20 posted on 12/13/2021 10:05:15 AM PST by Monkey Face ( ~~ God is determined to make of us more than we thought we could be. ~~ Jeffery R Holland ~~)
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