ICE Improperly Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir for Deportation Efforts
ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
New court filings reveal that ICE shared millions of Medicaid records it was not authorized to possess with the data analytics firm Palantir. This breach occurred despite a federal judge's order to pause data sharing, as officials admitted to multiple instances of improperly transferring sensitive health information to aid deportation efforts. While Palantir claims the dataset was purged, state attorneys general argue these repeated violations undermine trust in the government's ability to protect citizen privacy.
ICE's inability to identify Medicaid records in its possession undercuts any claim that the agency should be entitled to more access to that data.
- Jimmc414
The government's stated remediation for the Palantir transfer was that the data had been shared over a Microsoft Teams chat and was deleted from the chat. That is not a deletion.
According to CMS's security program documentation, Medicare and Medicaid are a covered entities under HIPAA, subject to 60 day notice to affected individuals, reporting to HHS OCR, and notice to media outlets when a breach affects more than 500 residents of a state.
Not to mention this violated a standing court order.
- SirFatty
I'm sure they did, and a lot more besides. So what? What is anyone going to do about it? Congress certainly doesn't give a fig.
- kittikitti
HIPPA privacy laws are rarely enforced against corporations and government. These laws are meant to suppress whoever they want to. It's baffling how they continue to get away with this until you realize that the United States is a banana republic.