The health department cites the change in Philly Fighting COVID’s corporate status as the reason for ending the partnership.
“We were recently notified of a change in PFC’s corporate status that took place without our knowledge, from non-profit to for-profit. As part of this change, PFC has updated its data privacy policy to allow the organization to sell data collected through the pre-registration site of PFC, ”said Jame Garrow, a health department spokesperson.
Garrow called the changes disturbing.
The city has not been notified of the sale of this data. But it is extremely disturbing that PFC made these changes without consulting the city. As a result of these concerns and the unexpected shutdown of testing activities by PFC. decided to stop providing vaccines to PFC, ”added Garrow.
The health department is currently developing plans to transfer future vaccine allocations to other providers.
It is also planning new clinics to ensure that people vaccinated at the PFC clinics at the Convention Center can receive their second dose.
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