Can I sue Callie Oettinger?

[Anonymous]

IEP contain medical information she violated § 32.1-127.1:03. Health records privacy. Section #3.

“3. No person to whom health records are disclosed shall redisclose or otherwise reveal the health records of an individual, beyond the purpose for which such disclosure was made, without first obtaining the individual's specific authorization to such redisclosure.’

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title32.1/chapter5/section32.1-127.1:03/

[Anonymous]

Has anyone been in contact with a lawyer and/or made a move to begin a class action suit against her? If so, please put out contact info asap.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone been in contact with a lawyer and/or made a move to begin a class action suit against her? If so, please put out contact info asap.

Thank you!

Someone has posted a phone number a couple times. 571-293-0276

[Anonymous]

Per Callie's website, she stated "I did not keep all the records related to other kids – nor have I published, nor would I ever publish private student information."

[Anonymous]

Callie also stated on her website "The attachments I recall seeing almost all related to my kids. However, some were redacted and some weren’t. Hence, when I looked through the emails, what I mainly saw related to my kids. However, when I looked at attachments, that’s when I was surprised. There were some exceptions, with emails and attachments that were unrelated, but for the most part, those were the exception, not the rule. For the larger records, after verifying my kids’ info, I scrolled to the bottom to look at the cell number, to identify the number of students."

[Anonymous]

You can sue the 501(c)(3) nonprofit called Special Education Action, lead by Callie Oettinger, which advocates for families that have been denied special education services, but really, why go after the nonprofit that's trying to help and advocate for families, and bring to light the misdeeds for FCPS, to encourage FCPS to do better. It's like suing the NAACP, or ACLU when the federal government makes a mistake. The real issue is with FCPS's terrible track record of mishandling information.

Also, here's Callie's response, which gives a lot more details then what FCPS is misleading you about.
https://specialeducationaction.com/pro-tip-dont-believe-everything-fairfax-county-public-school-tells-you/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Per Callie's website, she stated "I did not keep all the records related to other kids – nor have I published, nor would I ever publish private student information."

Does that mean she kept some? Did she give/share it with anyone? I’m not comfortable with the link I saw in this thread in terms of privacy if she didn’t have consent from the people whose cases these were.
Where is the data now? How secure?

[Anonymous]

If Callie has deleted the information, what are you going to sue her for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Per Callie's website, she stated "I did not keep all the records related to other kids – nor have I published, nor would I ever publish private student information."

Does that mean she kept some? Did she give/share it with anyone? I’m not comfortable with the link I saw in this thread in terms of privacy if she didn’t have consent from the people whose cases these were.
Where is the data now? How secure?

She said she only kept information about others to provide to FBI and such, so as to not destory evidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Callie has deleted the information, what are you going to sue her for?

Sharing it.

[Anonymous]

What proof do we have she deleted anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Callie has deleted the information, what are you going to sue her for?

She can prove she deleted the information in a court of law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I haven't defended her actions - I think it's pretty reprehensible that she has retained data she obviously shouldn't have received. I am just pointing out that no one has identified any legal avenue to hold her accountable, either for criminal or civil liability. That's all. But if you want to pay a lawyer to try to convince a judge to create new precedent, knock yourself out. I'm sure there will be plenty who will take your money.

Readers, please ignore comments in this thread that are trying to scare you off from engaging in legal action by misrepresenting the attorney’s fees for this type of case. This is not how these cases work. Litigators typically take these cases as contingency or pro bono. Either way, nothing is paid up front by the plaintiffs. Most or all attorney compensation in these types of cases comes from damages awarded (or based on the recognition gained from litigating high-profile cases regardless of damages collected). No legal avenue has been identified YET to hold her accountable.

When a legal loophole like this identified, it needs to be addressed, especially when there is potential harm to children. I don’t trust this woman to act in the best interests of my child or other children in FCPS. She has behaved in the most unethical manner by refusing to return the data, and has not been transparent in her handling of this data. It’s all about her ego, not about improving things for our kids. I have no way to know who has seen the unredacted data or where it is stored. My mama bear claws are out and it’s clear that I’m not the only one.

[Anonymous]

Where can we find the information Callie released/published to do a search for our child's information? I'm waiting for a call or email from FCPS 3rd party vendor (Experian) to contact me but alas, they haven't yet.

[Anonymous]

My understanding is the school district had the duty to inform parents of the unintentional release.