Author: Dissent

… No wonder the public does not entirely trust the privacy and security of their medical information. The Markle Foundation reports that a large majority of Americans are very concerned their health information is not adequately protected by federal law. People admit they have lied or skipped recommended testing to avoid having information in their…

In an Op-Ed in the NY Times today, Jeffrey Rosen offers his opinion on Clinton vs. Obama in terms of civil liberties and privacy. In his piece, he mentions some of Clinton’s speeches on privacy, but questions her approach. He suggests that Obama might be better — even though Rosen did not cite a single…

Johnson County District Attorney Phil Kline is spending a great deal of time trying to obtain information about former patients of the Overland Park Planned Parenthood clinic. The information is contained in records that women patients rightfully expected would remain confidential. Kline’s demands have gone beyond what a special counsel and a judge have deemed…

Google Inc. won’t sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant’s first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns. …The bigger problem with these online health systems, privacy advocates say, is that they aren’t covered by the federal…

Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates. Schmidt said the service was merely a platform for users to store their medical information. It will be an open system…

The Cleveland Clinic, the renowned nonprofit medical center, has kept electronic records of its patients for some time. But despite the easy transport of everything digital, by and large those records have been as immobile as scrawled doctor’s notes stored in manila folders. And, in their traditional form, the clinic can’t view records of patients…