Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So this happened a while back but I had a friend who worked for a small local pharmacy at the time, they worked at a small local pharmacy that I happen to use. Before she moved, she had noticed a file that apparently had my name on it. Without knowing it was me, or acting in an official capacity, she told me about it in a normal conversation over the phone.

I proceeded to get very, VERY upset at this, and was telling her how much of a violation of HIPPA that to even mention to me outside of her work environment that she had seen ANYONE's records let alone my own was a major violation. She got upset that I was angry over something that I think is a major breach in trust and a violation of her ethical code when handling medical documents. Also, she is not a fully licensed pharmacy technician either but more akin to a receptionist.

I tried to tell her multiple times that, regardless of her intentions, that sort of thing is suuuper illegal but she just got mad that I wouldnt "accept help" or "thought it was interesting" and we ended the conversation on a fairly bad note.

I'm still kinda upset about it to this day, and I've been wondering lately, should I have been or was I the asshole and making way too big a deal out of this issue or making an issue where she thinks there wasn't one?