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Re:Uber rape victim sues Uber, says execs got her medical re... by metalliqaz on Thursday June 15, 2017 @04:51PM (#14564244)
I think it must be true that HIPAA doesn't apply to the Indian records, because otherwise I'm sure there would be a HIPAA complaint. Usually that would start against the professionals in the medical field that mishandled the records. Instead, this suit is about invasion of privacy and defamation. Honestly I'm surprised that she can go after them for defamation after already accepting a settlement from them. Still, these guys are obviously first-class assholes and at this point I'm not surprised anymore. Uber seems destined for the textbooks, under "how to kill a unicorn."
Re:Uber rape victim sues Uber, says execs got her medical re... by gordon_freeman on Thursday June 15, 2017 @05:02PM (#14564337)
just settling a rape case does not give Uber execs the freedom to pass the private health records within the company and defame that woman so she is still entitled to file the defamation case. I'm surprised that you're surprised.
Re:Uber rape victim sues Uber, says execs got her medical re... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday June 15, 2017 @05:18PM (#14564452)
> pass the private health records within the company and defame that woman

Where did you get that impression the closet I could find in the article was

>speculating that Plaintiff had made up the brutal rape in collusion with a rival of Uber in India to undermine Uber's business

I'm no fan of uber but the allegations made by the plaintiff do not even amount to your description of them