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Facebook's Friend Suggestion Feature Recommends Patients of Psychiatrist to Each Other
Facebook's "People You May Know" (PYMK) feature was reported by a psychiatrist for recommending her patients as friends through recommendations, violating patients' privacy and confidentiality.
- Date it happened
- 2015-07-15
- Organisation involved
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