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

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The revelation could shape the debate over Americans’ health privacy as states move to criminalize abortion and drugs related to reproductive health

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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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemmy doesn't interact very well with the Washington Post. Most of us get no preview picture at all.

[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's a kbin specific issue. IDK about others, but the preview pic I get is pretty NSFW

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bring it up with the local admin; there might be an issue with a corrupted cache or something.

[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah IIRC it's a known issue they've been working on for a while