DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

FI: Book and feature film found to violate doctor-patient confidentiality

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Dissent

I recently mentioned a lawsuit against a doctor by a former drug addiction patient who alleges the doctor violated confidentiality by basing the main character in his book on details she had shared with him in her treatment.   This morning, I came across a patient confidentiality case in Finland,  and was interested to read how they handle some things there.

A book and feature film on the life of a former patient at the Kellokoski Mental Hospital have been found to contain information that violates doctor-patient confidentiality.

Mediuutiset, a professional journal of medical news, reports that the State Administrative Authority of Southern Finland has reprimanded Ilkka Taipale, the former head physician of Kellokoski Hospital, as well as former psychiatric nurse Ilkka Raitasuo, for unlawfully giving outsiders access to the records of Anna Svedholm (1896-1988), a deceased patient.

Raitasuo, one of the authors of the book 2010 Kellokosken Prinsessa (“Kellokoski Princess”), has said previously that Svedholm had given him permission to use her personal information in the work.

However, the authorities found that as a patient, she was not competent to consent to allowing her personal information to be used.

Under the law, patient documents must be kept confidential for 50 years after the patient’s death. Not even close relatives are allowed to give out such confidential information.

Read more on Helsingin Sanomat. I wonder what they’d do there with the case here – although as far as I know now, that case is not before a professional board and is a civil suit.

It’a also interesting that Finland has a 50-year rule on deceased patients’ information. When the new rule is released here, will it also contain a 50-year provision, and if so, will there be any exceptions?

No related posts.

Category: Health Data

Post navigation

← UK: Warwickshire-based company in medical data breach
Abortion records found in Kansas City metro recycling bin (updated) →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Alert: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list
  • Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected
  • Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach
  • CMS warns Medicare providers of fraud scheme
  • Ex-student charged with wave of cyber attacks on Sydney uni
  • Detaining Hackers Before the Crime? Tamil Nadu’s Supreme Court Approves Preventive Custody for Cyber Offenders
  • Potential Cyberattack Scrambles Columbia University Computer Systems
  • 222,000 customer records allegedly from Manhattan Parking Group leaked
  • Breaches have consequences (sometimes) (1)
  • Kansas City Man Pleads Guilty for Hacking a Non-Profit

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina
  • European Commission publishes its plan to enable more effective law enforcement access to data
  • Sacred Secrets: The Biblical Case for Privacy and Data Protection
  • Microsoft’s Departing Privacy Chief Calls for Regulator Outreach
  • Nestle USA Settles Suit Over Job-Application Medical Questions

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.