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How come no one even bothered to remove his full address and ssn from the records?.. On the other hand, even the very names of people who approved and drafted t
by vajorie 12y ago
How come no one even bothered to remove his full address and ssn from the records?.. On the other hand, even the very names of people who approved and drafted the documents are removed.
- adestefan 12y agoAfter someone dies these are no longer protected.
- saalweachter 12y agoRelated question: Do the deceased have any (legal notion of a) right to privacy?
- gnaritas 12y agoWhy would they? Privacy means nothing to the non-existent.
- saalweachter 12y agoIf it pleases living people to think that they will have a right to privacy after they die, or to force other people to not pry into their dead relatives secrets, living people could easily craft a right to privacy for the deceased.
- gnaritas 12y agoSure they could, but those are rights for the living relatives; the dead don't exist to have rights.
- ajkjk 12y agoThat's your opinion and doesn't answer the question at all. At least for health records, you do have privacy after you die, apparently for 50 years: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/decedents.html http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/covereden...
- gnaritas 12y agoI didn't state an opinion, I asked a question and then I stated a fact, an indisputable one that is not opinion, perhaps you should read it again.
- srasp413 12y agoIt could mean something to their families, though. That may not be enough for it to be law, but I'm sure a lot of families would prefer that if something troubling came up after their loved one died, no one else would have to find out.
- duaneb 12y agoEffective immediately, the FOIA provides no protection at all to deceased individuals. However, HIPAA is precisely the opposite in that the records are immediately sealed and the right to open it passes with the rest of the estate. I should note, I am not a lawyer and you should not take this as legal advice.
- jacquesm 12y ago> I should note, I am not a lawyer That's the default setting unless you modify it. > you should not take this as legal advice. So is it true or not? It's not advice of any form, it's either a fact or it is not.
- Hytosys 12y agoIt seems like your interest is pedantic combat, not the law, but here is some information anyway. FOIA: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp HIPAA: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0124.htm http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0124.htm It seems HIPAA enacts a 50-year period of silence.
- guan 12y agoI’m not sure about his address, but social security numbers of all deceased people are made public by the government in the Social Security Death Index, presumably to prevent identity fraud.