Reinstate e-health privacy
November 20th, 2008
Most people believe the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protects the privacy of health information.
Unfortunately, that is a myth....
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Appeals court backs N.H. law on prescription data
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld a New Hampshire law that aims to block the use of data on physicians’ and other clinicians’ prescribing...
NH prescription privacy law upheld
November 18th, 2008
New Hampshire’s 1st-in-nation law making docs’ prescriptions records confidential is upheld
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of...
Appeals Court Reverses Decision on Prescription Privacy
November 18th, 2008
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law that bars companies from selling the prescriptions doctors write.
Last year a...
Google’s New Flu Tracking Tool Raises Concerns About Internet Users’ Privacy, Experts Say
November 18th, 2008
In an iHealthBeat Special Report by Deirdre Kennedy, patient privacy advocates express concerns about Google’s new online flu tracking tool.
The tool, called Flu Trends,...
Prescription privacy law upheld
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law making doctors’ prescription writing habits confidential.
The ruling Tuesday by the 1st...
Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law
November 18th, 2008
A federal appeals court in Boston on Tuesday dealt a setback to the pharmaceutical industry and companies that collect prescription data for use in...
A New Voice in Online Privacy: Group Wants Tighter Rules for Collecting, Using Consumer Data
November 17th, 2008
A group of privacy scholars, lawyers and corporate officials are launching an advocacy group today designed to help shape standards around how companies collect,...
When you sneeze, does Google tell the Feds?
November 15th, 2008
Anonymization’ – a word with no meaning
When unveiling its search-data-driven Flu Trends modeler earlier this week, Google insisted it could never be used to...
Online Age Verification for Children Brings Privacy Worries
November 15th, 2008
WHEN it comes to protecting children on the Internet and keeping them safe from predators, law enforcement officials have vocally advocated one approach in...