The Policy states that tracking technologies may be used to automatically log users back into their accounts when returning to the Online Services, and places responsibility on users to affirmatively log out to prevent other device users from accessing their account and personal information.
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This provision establishes an automatic login mechanism for accounts that may contain health plan information, medical records, and financial data, and states that users who do not affirmatively log out accept responsibility for unauthorized access by other users of their devices. The allocation of security responsibility to users in the context of health data access warrants review against HIPAA access control and minimum necessary standards.
Under this clause, if a user does not affirmatively log out of their UnitedHealthcare online account, any subsequent user of the same device may be automatically logged in and able to access health, benefits, and financial information associated with that account. The agreement states the company is not responsible for harm resulting from failure to log out prior to ending a session.
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Compare across platforms →"As described above, we may use tracking technologies that allow us to recognize your device when you return to our Online Services within a period of time, as determined by us, and to support automatic login to your Online Services. To maintain your privacy, you should affirmatively log out of your account prior to your session ending (whether you end your session or we end your session, for example if our Online Services has "timed out" - i.e. , we have ended your session automatically after a period of inactivity as determined by us in our sole discretion). Unless you affirmatively log out of your account, you may be automatically logged back in the next time you or any user of your devices visits the Online Services.Excerpt from UnitedHealthcare's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes an automatic login mechanism for accounts that may contain health plan information, medical records, and financial data, and states that users who do not affirmatively log out accept responsibility for unauthorized access by other users of their devices. The allocation of security responsibility to users in the context of health data access warrants review against HIPAA access …
Under this clause, if a user does not affirmatively log out of their UnitedHealthcare online account, any subsequent user of the same device may be automatically logged in and able to access health, benefits, and financial information associated with that account. The agreement states the company is not responsible for harm resulting from failure to log out prior to ending …
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