Can my drugstore sell my prescription information and my contact information without my permission?
May 23rd, 2009 Posted by: admin
My husband and I have been getting phone calls from drug salesmen who want to know if we would like to buy (insert the name of one of our new prescriptions here) in quantity. We’ve been pretty alarmed as there really should have been no way some phone solictor should know what medications we were taking anyway.
Finally today, one of them confirmed that our drug store was SELLING OUR PRESCRIPTION AND CONTACT INFORMATION to these people. When we called the drug store, they told us that they were legally allowed to do this and that by having prescriptions filled there, we were giving them permission to distribute this information about us.
Is this really actually legal???????????
PS - it’s a national chain, btw, if that matters, and we’ve never signed anything except on the line for insurance purposes.
By: Keep Smiling!
Tags: People, Prescription Information, Prescriptions
May 25th, 2009 at 15:23
this is only legal if the salesmen are working for the same drug company that you go to, because most companies upon contract signing state that personal information can be circulated in the company, but must stay within the company.