Thirty-five clinics breach privacy laws
Thirty-five clinics breach privacy laws
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/05/22/2003857774
Publish Date: 2026-05-21 12:00:00
Source Domain: www.taipeitimes.com
CRACKDOWN CONTINUES:
The clinics have been ordered to suspend operations, and local governments would later publish a list of those clinics, an official said
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By Lo Pi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Thirty-five cosmetic clinics nationwide were found to have breached patient privacy regulations during a recent wave of inspections prompted by hidden camera controversies, with New Taipei City recording the most number of offenses at 14, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday.
A special task force found that 35 of 720 inspected clinics contravened the law, Department of Medical Affairs Deputy Director Liu Yu-ching (劉玉菁) said.
The first wave of inspections focused almost entirely on cosmetic clinics, accounting for about 99 percent of the targets, she said, adding that the goal was to find out whether the clinics had installed illegal surveillance cameras.
Photo courtesy of the Hsinchu City Government
The 14 clinics were each handed the maximum fine of NT$500,000, Liu said.
The inspections were carried out after a branch of Airlee Group Co (愛爾麗集團) and other clinics were reported to have installed surveillance cameras that encroached on patient privacy.
Other clinics were also investigated, given the risk of patients’ privacy being violated, as they had to change clothes or bare parts of their bodies, Liu said, adding that inspections prioritized checking whether clinics had installed surveillance cameras, were recording people without their consent and how they manage their…
