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...
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Government seeks to redefine privacy
November 11th, 2007
A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy.
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says...
Genetic testing co. spurs privacy, ethical questions
November 7th, 2007
A new company that offers genetic testing presents a privacy issue, according to patients’ rights advocates.
Navigenics officially launched its company after closing on a...
Maryland board can’t punish doctor for defending privacy of patients
November 5th, 2007
A Maryland appeals court handed a victory to a physician who stood up to the state medical board in defense of his patients’ privacy...
Online privacy policies need work, advocates say
November 2nd, 2007
Online privacy policies need to be easier to understand and more conspicuous because few people now actually read them, said panelists at a U.S....
The new urgency to fix online privacy
November 2nd, 2007
A decade ago, I started writing about online privacy issues. At the time, legal colleagues told me that while they found the topic interesting...
Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts
October 31st, 2007
Most consumers are familiar with do-not-call lists, which are meant to keep telemarketers from phoning them. Soon people will be able to sign up...
Striking a balance between privacy and health
October 22nd, 2007
In the first of this two-part series on a study for the Institute of Medicine by researcher Alan Westin, emeritus professor of public law...
The Health Record Paparazzi is Above the Law and In Bed With Congress
October 11th, 2007
We learned today that all of us are a bit like George Clooney: the Health Record Paparazzi loves a celebrity, but it loves the...
Privacy Concerns Prompt VA Hospitals To Withhold Cancer Data
October 10th, 2007
Department of Veterans Affairs officials are citing patient privacy concerns in their decision to stop providing states with information on cancer patients treated at...