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Re:IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million m... by tptacek on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @12:50PM (#5713203)
Am I reading this article correctly, that the IRS didn't sieze medical records but rather a collection of records that included a small number of financial records they needed and then a large number of medical records they didn't care about?
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Re:IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million m... by DanielBMarkham on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @12:57PM (#5713248)
As I read it, they were looking for one guy's financial records, ended up taking millions of health records -- even after repeated warnings they were screwing up.

"...According to the case, the IRS agents had a search warrant for financial data pertaining to a former employee of the John Doe company..."

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Re:IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million m... by harold on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:10PM (#5713345)
What makes you think they didn't care about the medical records? Because they weren't listed in the search warrant?

I wonder who gained access to this data after it was seized?

What political party hack would not want access to "psychological counseling, gynecological counseling, sexual/drug treatment and other medical treatment data" of current or future political figures?

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Re:IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million m... by tptacek on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:23PM (#5713441)
What makes you think the IRS does care about medical records?
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Re:IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million m... by chiph on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:36PM (#5713532)
Because HSA and FSA contributions & expenses are reportable.
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Re:IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million m... by SilasX on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @03:51PM (#5714384)
Right: If my tax-deductible Health Savings Account money is actually going to get me "stress-related therapy" in the form of a hand job, the IRS wants to know.

And probably more than they usually want to know about these things.

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Re:IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million m... by bhousel on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @03:45PM (#5714341)
Since HITECH, all medical records are supposed to be encrypted both in transit and at rest.

Reading http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/14/55707.htm it seems like the John Doe Plaintiff is a hosting company or datacenter, not the HIPAA covered entity.

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