{"id":251711,"date":"2026-05-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/thirty-five-clinics-breach-privacy-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:15:25","slug":"thirty-five-clinics-breach-privacy-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/thirty-five-clinics-breach-privacy-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-five clinics breach privacy laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/taiwan\/archives\/2026\/05\/22\/2003857774\">Thirty-five clinics breach privacy laws<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/taiwan\/archives\/2026\/05\/22\/2003857774\">https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/taiwan\/archives\/2026\/05\/22\/2003857774<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-21 12:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.taipeitimes.com\">www.taipeitimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n                        <span>CRACKDOWN CONTINUES:<\/span><br \/>\n                        The clinics have been ordered to suspend operations, and local governments would later publish a list of those clinics, an official said                    <\/h2>\n<ul class=\"as boxTitle boxText\" data-desc=\"\u5206\u4eab\u5217\">\n<li>\n<p>By Lo Pi and Jake Chung  \/  Staff reporter, with staff writer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>A special task force found that 35 of 720 inspected clinics contravened the law, Department of Medical Affairs Deputy Director Liu Yu-ching (\u5289\u7389\u83c1) said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of the Hsinchu City Government<\/p>\n<p>The 14 clinics were each handed the maximum fine of NT$500,000, Liu said.<\/p>\n<p>The inspections were carried out after a branch of Airlee Group Co (\u611b\u723e\u9e97\u96c6\u5718) and other clinics were reported to have installed surveillance cameras that encroached on patient privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Other clinics were also investigated, given the risk of patients\u2019 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&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a 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