A Canadian woman has lost her health benefits after her insurance company went and used her Facebook pictures as evidence that she was no longer depressed.
Nathalie Blanchard works at IBM in Bromont, Quebec where she has been on sick leave for over a year, after being diagnosed with severe depression. The 29-year old was receiving sick pay from insurer Manulife.
When payments stopped she rang to find out why and they told her that they saw pictures on her Facebook of her on a beach which they claim show that she is no longer depressed.
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., which also produced a TV report on the case:
When Blanchard called Manulife, the company said that “I’m available to work, because of Facebook”…She said her insurance agent described several pictures Blanchard posted on the popular social networking site, including ones showing her having a good time at a Chippendales bar show, at her birthday party and on a sun holiday — evidence that she is no longer depressed, Manulife said.
…in a written statement sent to CBC News, the insurer said: “We would not deny or terminate a valid claim solely based on information published on websites such as Facebook.” It confirmed that it uses the popular social networking site to investigate clients.
So are we really destroying our futures by uploading the wrong pictures too our social networking websites?
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November 23rd, 2009
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