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Israel's Supreme Court Rules on Clalit Health Fund Data Privacy
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First reported by Bizportal · 14 hours ago
What happened
Israel's Supreme Court ruled that Clalit Health Services' former system of providing medical information based solely on an ID number violated member privacy. Clalit has since updated its identification procedures, and the court dismissed the class-action lawsuit while ordering Clalit to pay compensation and legal fees.
- 01Supreme Court addressed Clalit's privacy violations regarding member data access.
- 02Clalit's old system allowed access to medical info with only an ID number.
- 03New system requires matching mobile phone number for automated services.
- 04Class-action lawsuit was dismissed after Clalit implemented changes.
- 05Clalit ordered to pay 25,000 shekels compensation and 100,000 shekels legal fees.
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