Privacy vs. Electronic Patient Records
December 3rd, 2007
Americans believe in the benefits of electronic medical records and think they outweigh the privacy risks. The risks may still be too high though.
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What could your health records reveal? Take control. Protect your privacy, liberty and opportunities.
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AOL, Netflix and the end of open access to research data
November 30th, 2007
The authors of the Netflix de-anonymization study contacted me to point out that they originally published a draft of their results a mere two...
For sale. Public Employees Insurance Agency drug data
November 27th, 2007
The good news is that a company hired to manage prescription-drug bills for the state government has stopped selling information about state...
Robust De-anonymization of Large Datasets-(How to Break Anonymity of the Netflix Prize Dataset)
November 22nd, 2007
We present a new class of statistical de-anonymization attacks against high-dimensional micro-data, such as individual preferences, recommendations, transaction records and so on. Our techniques...
Data-miners unite in Maine to block ‘opt-out’ Rx law
November 20th, 2007
The prescription drug data-mining industry opened yet another legal battlefront, this time in Maine, where no less than six firms are involved...
Absolute Power: The Eist Case
November 20th, 2007
“And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control....
Family doctors to shun national database of patients’ records
November 20th, 2007
Nearly two-thirds of family doctors are poised to boycott the government’s scheme to put the medical records of 50 million NHS patients on a...
My Genome, Myself: Seeking Clues in DNA
November 17th, 2007
The exploration of the human genome has long been relegated to elite scientists in research laboratories. But that is about to change. An infant...
Protecting our privacy from federal bureaucrats
November 16th, 2007
Privacy has always been important to Texans – from government officials’ snooping to citizens choosing to be anonymous.
Privacy is a fundamental right in our...
Patient Privacy Is Given A Second Chance In The Senate
November 15th, 2007
The expected hotlining (rushing legislation through the Senate with minimal or no debate) did not take place on S. 1693, the Wired For Quality...