Vital Signs: Examining Our Health Data
October 10th, 2008
Ever wonder who sorts through all the data that powers your all-knowing health insurance company? Samuel A. McKinney did. McKinney was surprised to find...
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A Social Network for Your Doctor, Pharmacist and Insurer
August 16th, 2008
Imagine a virtual health clinic: Your lung doctor and heart specialist can pull up your online medical profile and chat, via instant messenger, about...
Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent
August 12th, 2008
Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to letters released yesterday by the House Energy and...
Prescription Data Used To Assess Consumers’ Health “Scores”
August 6th, 2008
Yesterday, The Washington Post featured an article describing what the authors called “a powerful new tool for evaluating whether to cover individual consumers: a...
What You Should Know Before You Spit Into That Test Tube
July 20th, 2008
Jeffrey Gulcher had no reason to think much about prostate cancer. He was just 48, and the disease typically strikes later in life. Even...
Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing
July 9th, 2008
Sometime late last year, an employee of a McLean investment firm decided to trade some music, or maybe a movie, with like-minded users of...
Data Breach Reports Up 69 Percent in 2008
June 30th, 2008
Businesses, governments and universities reported a record number of data breaches in the first half of this year, a 69 percent increase over the...
System of Neglect
May 11th, 2008
As Tighter Immigration Policies Strain Federal Agencies, The Detainees in Their Care Often Pay a Heavy Cost
Near midnight on a California spring night, armed...
Regarding, “When Privacy Laws Do More Harm Than Good”
September 10th, 2007
Privacy forms the basis of liberty. The problem lies not with the laws but with those who fail to disclose needed information when required.
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