December 28th, 2007
Each year since 1997, the US-based Electronic Privacy Information Center and the UK-based Privacy International have undertaken what has now become the most comprehensive...
December 13th, 2007
A bill to regulate pharmaceutical sales representatives was approved 7-6 on first reading by the District of Columbia Council on Dec. 11.
The bill, said...
December 10th, 2007
An attempt to quickly pass a Senate health information technology bill was derailed after medical groups raised concerns about its quality measurement, patient privacy...
December 10th, 2007
Will privacy sell? Ask.com is betting it will. The fourth-largest search engine company will begin a service today called AskEraser, which allows users to...
December 7th, 2007
In response to Joseph Conn’s “Data-miners unite in Maine to block ‘opt-out’ Rx law”: As a fourth-year medical student, I find it quite troubling...
December 6th, 2007
Yesterday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg publicly apologized about the social network’s poorly implemented, privacy-invading Beacon ad program, which broadcast users’ off-Facebook activity in news...
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.
Widespread...
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....
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...
November 16th, 2007
A comprehensive health technology bill that was expected to pass the Senate this week has instead gone back to federal lawmakers for more tinkering,...
