• mx_smith@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is that without a warrant? It wouldn’t be hard to impersonate a cop or even a cop with a grudge against someone to come find out what medications they are taking to dig further into someone’s lives and ruin said life.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, without a warrant. It’s in the Privacy Notice in any retail pharmacy.

      Impersonating a cop is a pretty big step that’s illegal in its own right but we did have moms trying to see if their adult daughter was on birth control, but that’s pretty easy to stop. Just lock their profile and ask the patient to make up a passcode or only deal with them in person.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah not at all. I’ll be happy if cops get less information but think about it though, if you get arrested and go to prison, cops will call your doctor to get your medications so they can continue them. Do you want to wait for a judge to issue a warrant?