Ninth Circuit rules unauthorised disclosure of health data confers standing in breach case

The Ninth Circuit held that health plan participants whose confidential health information was disclosed without authorisation have standing to sue under a breach of confidence theory. The ruling departs from the risk-based approach many courts have taken, and it sits in tension with other circuits. The source is a legal analysis piece, so the full reasoning and case details are not available in the excerpt.

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