December 7th, 2009
Private industry, not the federal government, will eventually drive health information technology initiatives, said David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology...
December 7th, 2009
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology plans to host the first work group meeting on privacy and security...
December 3rd, 2009
Personal health records have been around for awhile. Microsoft’s HealthVault, for instance, entered beta in 2007. Google jumped into the fray not...
December 3rd, 2009
Are personal health records privacy risks? Most people are at a loss trying to figure that out, according to the Patient Privacy...
December 1st, 2009
Facebook, the global phenomenon in Web-based social media, rolled out a massive overhaul of its privacy protection policies and technology this week–and...
November 3rd, 2009
Deborah Peel, MD spoke on a panel with three others at the American Constitution Society’s Conference.
October 29th, 2009
See this CBS News article: Want A Job In Akron? Hand Over Your DNA
The idea that GINA protects genetic tests from being held...
October 29th, 2009
It’s not unusual for employers to conduct criminal background checks during the hiring process. But the University of Akron has taken this...
October 17th, 2009
Today’s NY Times story points out the FACT that is very easy to re-identify supposedly “de-identified” information. Singer starts with how the...
September 9th, 2009
See these articles:
Netflix Contest Seen As Posing Privacy Risk
Netflix is about to commit a privacy Valdez with its customers’ viewing data
AOL, ...
