Stanford medical records posted on public website, now removed

September 9th, 2011
The Stanford breach proves that along with health IT there must be stronger privacy protections than what is currently in place.

Stanford Hospital investigating how patient data ended up on homework help website

September 8th, 2011
The experts agree, HIPAA is inadequate. Breaches like this only prove that over and over again. It is time to do something about it.

The road to electronic health records is lined with data thieves

August 5th, 2011
The point: current data security and privacy are totally inadequate.

Re:Epsilon breach used four-month-old attack

April 13th, 2011
Epsilon, the world’s largest email service provider, did not respond to 4 month-old warnings that their systems were vulnerable to hackers trying to access...

Steady Bleed: State of HealthCare Data Breaches — Comments

September 23rd, 2010
The numbers are even higher than you can imagine, and rising.

The Case for Informed Consent

August 31st, 2010
Patient Privacy Rights releases white paper making the Case for Informed Consent with Health IT

Privacy Risk Calculator

August 17th, 2010
Is your sensitive health information at risk of being exposed and sold?

WSJ Exposes Web Tracking Truths

August 2nd, 2010
They call it advertising. We call it *surveillance and data theft used to track and discriminate against every American in real time*. What do...

State agency swaps babies’ blood for supplies

May 8th, 2010
Companies use blood to produce and test equipment. Previously WITHOUT consent.

Health IT coordinator attacks rumors that spy agencies would tap into patient information network

April 2nd, 2010
National Coordinator of Health IT claims your electronic health records will NOT go to other government or legal organizations.