Please note the following information as it pertains to providers and patiets using Freestyle Libre in the State of CA:
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits residents of the State of California to request from certain businesses with whom the California resident has an established business relationship a list of all third parties to which the business, during the immediately preceding calendar year, has disclosed certain personally identifiable information for direct marketing purposes. Abbott is required to respond to a customer request only once during any calendar year. To make such a request you should send a letter to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc., Attn: Privacy Officer, 1420 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, CA 94502, USA. In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for our response. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by the California Privacy Rights requirements and only information sharing that is covered will be included in our response.
Patients are to also be made aware of this right.
Personal information that is collected via the LibreView Data Management System is governed by HIPAA (for more information please see USA notice here:
Some functions within Abbott may operate as a "Covered Entity" pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its implementing regulations ("HIPAA") and may use any patient personal information, including health information, that you provide to us through the LibreView Data Management System for the purpose of improving treatment guidance for patients utilizing Abbott's FreeStyle family of products, and/or LibreLinkUp App. Abbott may use and disclose patient personal information, including health information, that you provide to us through the LibreView Data Management System in accordance with our Abbott Diabetes Care Notice of Privacy Practices, available on LibreView and which sets out your patients' rights with respect to any health information provided by you to us. For example, Abbott may share patients' personal information when health care providers request that the LibreView Data Management System sends a report of patients' glucose data directly to their electronic medical record system.
If you have any questions regarding Abbott's compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and your rights under CCPA in particular, please visit:
https://www.abbott.com/privacy-policy.html
If you choose to delete your LibreView Data Management System account, Abbott may also retain any patient personal information, including health-related information, that you provide to us through the LibreView Data Management System for the purpose of improving treatment guidance for patients utilizing Abbott's FreeStyle family of products, and/or LibreLinkUp App.
It is your responsibility to ensure that patients are made aware of the following pieces of information:
Their health information will be used to provide improved treatment guidance for you and patients using the LibreView Data Management System, Abbott's health care operations activities, and other purposes and activities as described in this Privacy Notice and our Abbott Diabetes Care Notice of Privacy Practices (https://files.libreview.io/files/documents/en-US/HIPAADoc_2019-12-13.pdf).
Abbott retains the right to maintain any patient personal information, including health information, that you provide to us through the LibreView Data Management System for the purpose of improving treatment guidance for patients utilizing Abbott's FreeStyle family of products.
Please contact DiabetesCareHIPAA@abbott.com with any questions about your patients' HIPAA rights.