Privacy?

[lalato]

Originally published at Kickin' the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there.

Received a letter from the powers that be at work.  They will be doing an audit of health insurance beneficiaries to verify that the people employees list as dependents are actually…  well… you know…  dependents.  It’s a way to save money, and I totally get that.

Comments

[pamola]

I agree with you. Your word should be good enough for your employee. If they are not going to accept proof in person, why should you send personal information to a third party. Did all the employees consent to allow this third party to be a receiver of sensitive information. They should have to prove you wrong on their dime. You sign a code of ethics statement, right? (we do yearly). Basically this is a lack of trust in the employees.

[lalato]

Yeah... it's really dumb on their part. They basically dropped this on us a week or so ago. It's the first time they've done this. I must admit I was a little rude to HR, but I'm going to continue pushing them to rethink this stupid move.

--sam

[chanala]

Privacy is the new code word for "we know better than you what's good for you. You don't own any personal information about yourself anymore." I know this because I have to deal with HIPAA for my research.

[lalato]

Yikes! I had to look up HIPAA... LOL ;)

--sam

[citizenfry]

I hate people.

[lalato]

Yeah... all I can do is laugh at this point.

[carpnter]

If you happen to have one, make a photocopy of the certified copy of your marriage certificate and give that to them. I would not provide them with a certified copy that you paid money for.
If they want the certified copy just give them the address for the Clerk of the Court for the county you were married in. If they want a certified copy they should be willing to pay for it.

[lalato]

Oh yeah. I totally agree. Fortunately, they just one a regular copy, not a certified copy. If they wanted a certified copy, I would be raising a bit more hell about it.

--sam