Privacy Act Suit

In Speaker v. US Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs., No. 09-16154, an action against the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for violating the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. section 552a, by disclosing plaintiff’s identity and confidential medical information relating to the treatment of his tuberculosis, the court reversed the dismissal of the complaint where the district court’s order did not fully take into account the instances throughout the amended complaint in which plaintiff alleged a direct disclosure by the CDC.

 

Related Resources

  • Read the Eleventh Circuit’s Decision in Speaker v. US Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs., No. 09-16154

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