COVID Vaccines + Data Privacy in California

What’s happening? Everyone in California who has received a dose of vaccine has had their information entered into a state database. Medical patient data is being shared across third-party digital platforms

Why is this important? Emergency waivers during the pandemic may have eased data privacy laws.

How will this be important? The legal minds are concerned about what happens to our medical data when a private company, say an airline, asks for our vaccine card, uploads it in exchange for certain improved services. How is that information protected in the hands of the private third party that is not in the health care business.

Mercury News via Governing | California Vaccination Records Raise Data Privacy Concerns