BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
This is a prisoner civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Tyrone Moore was a prisoner at the Riverside Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan. He alleges that, on July 2, 2007, Nurse Prevo1 and two correction officers, Simmons and Doe, informed fellow-prisoner Franks, that Moore is HIV positive. Moore also alleges that Inspector L. Brown asked prisoner Henton if he knew that Moore had a sexually transmitted disease,2 and that Officer Satterlee was “involved.” On July 6, Moore was transferred to Ionia Maximum Security Correctional Facility because the Riverside Facility was closing.
On October 17, Moore filed a prisoner grievance form with the Michigan Department of Corrections. It was received by the grievance board on October 25. Nurse Saladin, who investigated the grievance, [426]*426did not interview Moore. On November 1, Saladin sent a memorandum to M. Robinson, the grievance coordinator, stating that Saladin had investigated Moore’s grievance and that Saladin found no documented encounters between Prevo and Moore on July 2, that Mr. Franks was unknown at the health care facility, that Prevo did not recollect meeting Moore, and that Pre-vo and the officers had adhered to department policies regarding the privacy of a prisoner’s medical information. Moore was instructed that, should he wish to appeal the board’s decision, he would need to file his appeal by December 11.
On December 7, Moore filed an appeal with the Michigan Department of Corrections, listing the same allegations that he had asserted in his original grievance. The grievance board did not receive the appeal until December 17, however, which was after the filing deadline. The board denied his appeal because it was late. Moore filed another appeal, stating that his first appeal was late because he was being transferred to another facility. The board again denied his appeal because, although it acknowledged that Moore was transferred during the relevant time period, it found that the transfer did not provide a basis to reconsider his first appeal.
On August 4, 2008, Moore filed a pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, alleging that Prevo, Simmons, Doe, Satterlee, and Brown, in their individual and official capacities, had violated his Fourth Amendment right to privacy when they disclosed his HIV-positive status to other officers and inmates. Magistrate Judge Ellen S. Carmody granted the request to proceed in forma pauperis and soon thereafter, sua sponte issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending that Moore’s complaint be dismissed for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and (a)(3) and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c). She further recommended that the dismissal of the action count as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and that the court find no good-faith basis for appeal within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3).
Moore filed an objection on December 12, again alleging that his Fourth Amendment right to privacy had been violated. He also asserted for the first time a common law slander per se claim and that the Department of Corrections had violated state law and Michigan Department of Corrections policy. On February 5, 2009, 2009 WL 278969, the district court issued an order and judgment holding that Magistrate Judge Carmody had properly concluded under Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit precedent that Moore’s constitutional right to privacy was not violated by the disclosure of his HIV infection to others. The court further held that Moore had waived his other arguments because he had not presented them to Magistrate Judge Carmody.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), a district court may dismiss sua sponte an in forma pauperis claim that is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.3 “We review de novo the dismissal of a prisoner’s complaint on the basis that it failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.” Harbin-Bey v. Rutter, 420 F.3d 571, 575 (6th Cir.2005) (citing McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 604 (6th Cir.1997)). “In determining whether a prisoner has failed to state a claim, we construe his complaint in the light most favorable to [427]*427him, accept his factual allegations as true, and determine whether he can prove any-set of facts that would entitle him to relief.” Id. (citing Turker v. Ohio Dep’t of Rehab. & Com., 157 F.3d 453, 456 (6th Cir.1998)).
The district court correctly held that, under our precedent, inmates have no constitutional privacy right barring disclosure of an inmate’s HIV-positive status to corrections officers. See Doe v. Wigginton, 21 F.3d 733, 740 (6th Cir.1994) (holding that prison officials did not violate an inmate’s right to privacy when they disclosed his HIV status to a prison correction officer). However, the district court did not distinguish this from Moore’s allegation that officers told other inmates about Moore’s HIV status. In this case, the distinction makes a difference.4
We have never addressed whether an inmate has a Fourteenth Amendment privacy interest in having his sensitive medical information kept confidential from other inmates. However, other circuits’ precedent offers some guidance. The Third Circuit has held that an inmate has a constitutional privacy right guarding against disclosure of his sensitive medical information, especially to other inmates. Doe v. Delie, 257 F.3d 309, 317 (3d Cir. 2001). We adopt its reasoning in full.
There are at least two types of privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment: the individual interest in avoiding disclosure of personal matters, and the right to autonomy and independence in personal decision-making. See Whalen v. Roel 429 U.S. [589,] 599-600, 97 S.Ct. 869, 51 L.Ed.2d 64 [(1977)]; [United States v.] Westinghouse [Elec. Corp.], 638 F.2d [570,] 577 [(3d Cir. 1995) ].... As described above, [the appellant’s] privacy interest clearly falls into the first category. Some courts have referred to the first category as a “right to confidentiality,” to distinguish it from the right to autonomy and independence in personal decision making. E.g. Powell v. Schriver, 175 F.3d 107
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BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
This is a prisoner civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Tyrone Moore was a prisoner at the Riverside Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan. He alleges that, on July 2, 2007, Nurse Prevo1 and two correction officers, Simmons and Doe, informed fellow-prisoner Franks, that Moore is HIV positive. Moore also alleges that Inspector L. Brown asked prisoner Henton if he knew that Moore had a sexually transmitted disease,2 and that Officer Satterlee was “involved.” On July 6, Moore was transferred to Ionia Maximum Security Correctional Facility because the Riverside Facility was closing.
On October 17, Moore filed a prisoner grievance form with the Michigan Department of Corrections. It was received by the grievance board on October 25. Nurse Saladin, who investigated the grievance, [426]*426did not interview Moore. On November 1, Saladin sent a memorandum to M. Robinson, the grievance coordinator, stating that Saladin had investigated Moore’s grievance and that Saladin found no documented encounters between Prevo and Moore on July 2, that Mr. Franks was unknown at the health care facility, that Prevo did not recollect meeting Moore, and that Pre-vo and the officers had adhered to department policies regarding the privacy of a prisoner’s medical information. Moore was instructed that, should he wish to appeal the board’s decision, he would need to file his appeal by December 11.
On December 7, Moore filed an appeal with the Michigan Department of Corrections, listing the same allegations that he had asserted in his original grievance. The grievance board did not receive the appeal until December 17, however, which was after the filing deadline. The board denied his appeal because it was late. Moore filed another appeal, stating that his first appeal was late because he was being transferred to another facility. The board again denied his appeal because, although it acknowledged that Moore was transferred during the relevant time period, it found that the transfer did not provide a basis to reconsider his first appeal.
On August 4, 2008, Moore filed a pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, alleging that Prevo, Simmons, Doe, Satterlee, and Brown, in their individual and official capacities, had violated his Fourth Amendment right to privacy when they disclosed his HIV-positive status to other officers and inmates. Magistrate Judge Ellen S. Carmody granted the request to proceed in forma pauperis and soon thereafter, sua sponte issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending that Moore’s complaint be dismissed for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and (a)(3) and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c). She further recommended that the dismissal of the action count as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and that the court find no good-faith basis for appeal within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3).
Moore filed an objection on December 12, again alleging that his Fourth Amendment right to privacy had been violated. He also asserted for the first time a common law slander per se claim and that the Department of Corrections had violated state law and Michigan Department of Corrections policy. On February 5, 2009, 2009 WL 278969, the district court issued an order and judgment holding that Magistrate Judge Carmody had properly concluded under Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit precedent that Moore’s constitutional right to privacy was not violated by the disclosure of his HIV infection to others. The court further held that Moore had waived his other arguments because he had not presented them to Magistrate Judge Carmody.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), a district court may dismiss sua sponte an in forma pauperis claim that is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.3 “We review de novo the dismissal of a prisoner’s complaint on the basis that it failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.” Harbin-Bey v. Rutter, 420 F.3d 571, 575 (6th Cir.2005) (citing McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 604 (6th Cir.1997)). “In determining whether a prisoner has failed to state a claim, we construe his complaint in the light most favorable to [427]*427him, accept his factual allegations as true, and determine whether he can prove any-set of facts that would entitle him to relief.” Id. (citing Turker v. Ohio Dep’t of Rehab. & Com., 157 F.3d 453, 456 (6th Cir.1998)).
The district court correctly held that, under our precedent, inmates have no constitutional privacy right barring disclosure of an inmate’s HIV-positive status to corrections officers. See Doe v. Wigginton, 21 F.3d 733, 740 (6th Cir.1994) (holding that prison officials did not violate an inmate’s right to privacy when they disclosed his HIV status to a prison correction officer). However, the district court did not distinguish this from Moore’s allegation that officers told other inmates about Moore’s HIV status. In this case, the distinction makes a difference.4
We have never addressed whether an inmate has a Fourteenth Amendment privacy interest in having his sensitive medical information kept confidential from other inmates. However, other circuits’ precedent offers some guidance. The Third Circuit has held that an inmate has a constitutional privacy right guarding against disclosure of his sensitive medical information, especially to other inmates. Doe v. Delie, 257 F.3d 309, 317 (3d Cir. 2001). We adopt its reasoning in full.
There are at least two types of privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment: the individual interest in avoiding disclosure of personal matters, and the right to autonomy and independence in personal decision-making. See Whalen v. Roel 429 U.S. [589,] 599-600, 97 S.Ct. 869, 51 L.Ed.2d 64 [(1977)]; [United States v.] Westinghouse [Elec. Corp.], 638 F.2d [570,] 577 [(3d Cir. 1995) ].... As described above, [the appellant’s] privacy interest clearly falls into the first category. Some courts have referred to the first category as a “right to confidentiality,” to distinguish it from the right to autonomy and independence in personal decision making. E.g. Powell v. Schriver, 175 F.3d 107, 113-14 (2d Cir.1999).
It is beyond question that information about one’s HIV-positive status is information of the most personal kind and that an individual has an interest in protecting against the dissemination of such information. See Doe v. [Southeastern Pa. Transp. Autho.] 72 F.3d [1133,] 1140 [ (3d Cir.1995) ]; Westinghouse, 638 F.2d at 577. Moreover, a prisoner’s right to privacy in this medi[428]*428cal information is not fundamentally inconsistent with incarceration. Therefore, we join the Second Circuit in recognizing that the constitutional right to privacy in one’s medical information exists in prison. See Powell, 175 F.3d at 112.
We acknowledge, however, that a prisoner does not enjoy a right of privacy in his medical information to the same extent as a free citizen. We do not suggest that [the appellant] has a right to conceal this diagnosed medical condition from everyone in the corrections system. [The appellant’s] constitutional right is subject to substantial restrictions and limitations in order for correctional officials to achieve legitimate correctional goals and maintain institutional security.
Delie, 257 F.3d at 317 (finding that prison officials who disclosed an inmate’s HIV-positive status to officers, guards, and inmates had violated the inmate’s constitutionally protected privacy right). The Second Circuit also has held that “prison officials can impinge upon [the right to maintain the confidentiality of previously undisclosed medical information] only to the extent that their actions are ‘reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.’ ” Powell, 175 F.3d at 112 (finding that a prisoner had a privacy interest in keeping his transsexual status from other inmates).
We join our sister circuits in finding that, as a matter of law, inmates have a Fourteenth Amendment5 privacy interest in guarding against disclosure of sensitive medical information from other inmates subject to legitimate penological interests. Accordingly, the district court erred in finding that Moore’s privacy claims failed as a matter of law. It remains to be seen if Moore’s allegations have any factual support.6
[429]*429For the reasons above, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment to the extent that it dismisses Moore’s privacy claims regarding disclosure of medical information to correctional staff. However, we VACATE the district court’s dismissal of Moore’s state law claims and REMAND with instructions to consider whether to allow amendment under the standards of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15. We additionally REVERSE for further proceedings on Moore’s claims regarding disclosure of medical information to other inmates.