Shakira privacy breach: Peru clinic fined US$190,000 for leaking medical records
The 48-year-old four-time Grammy-winning Colombian singer-songwriter was forced to scrap a blockbuster show in Lima in February after being rushed to hospital with an unspecified abdominal ailment.
Two days later, she was back on stage in the Peruvian capital.
Shortly after her brief hospitalisation, her medical report appeared on social media, sparking widespread outrage among fans and an official investigation.
The Delgado Auna clinic, where she was treated, said at the time it was investigating what it called a 'serious ethical breach of our code of conduct and regulations governing personal data processing.'
Shakira is on her first world tour in seven years, titled Las mujeres ya no lloran (Women Don't Cry Anymore). — AFP
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