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Re:Police used a baby’s DNA to investigate its father for a ... by Someone1234 on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:50PM (#32474496)
HIPAA not HIPPA.

Since search warrants were issued, rather than healthcare data volunteered by healthcare providers, HIPAA doesn't apply at all.

> Covered entities may disclose protected health information to law enforcement officials for law enforcement purposes as required by law (including court orders, court-ordered warrants, subpoenas) and administrative requests; or to identify or locate a suspect, a fugitive, a material witness, or a missing person.

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Re:Police used a baby’s DNA to investigate its father for a ... by dekhn on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:54PM (#32474543)
HIPAA is a wildly misunderstood law. its very existence/purpose is to make transfer of medical data easier, not harder.
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Re:Police used a baby’s DNA to investigate its father for a ... by ensignavenger on Monday August 15, 2022 @04:04PM (#32474689)
The article says nothing about a warrant being issued for the babies DNA, only that it was issued for the father's DNA after the babies DNA indicated the father was the likely suspect.
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Re:Police used a baby’s DNA to investigate its father for a ... by pseudalopex on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:05PM (#32475364)
The article said police didn't have probable cause for a search warrant.
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Re:Police used a baby’s DNA to investigate its father for a ... by Someone1234 on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:16PM (#32475485)
For DNA from the adult suspects. Earlier in the article it says that:

> police in California had issued five search warrants to access such samples, and that at least one cold case there was solved with the help of newborn blood.

Then goes on to reference the cold case. So I assume they somehow got a warrant for this DNA even though they couldn't from an adult suspect which is odd.

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Re:Police used a baby’s DNA to investigate its father for a ... by pseudalopex on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:33PM (#32475676)
This was New Jersey not California. It said police asked the lab. A warrant isn't asking. And what would be the probable cause? So I think the lab gave it to police without a warrant.
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