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Consumer groups urge "do not track" registry

Posted on April 16, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Two consumer groups asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to create a “do not track list” that would allow computer users to bar advertisers from collecting information about them. The Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union also urged the FTC to bar collection of health information and other sensitive data by companies…

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Ca: Province Bans Health Data Use for MR

Posted on April 15, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

In British Columbia, Canada, new legislation has been passed which according to Health Minister George Abbott, prohibits disclosure of information from electronic databases for market research and allows individuals access to their own health records and medical information. Abbott says that British Columbia is the first province in Canada to create such a legal framework…

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NZ: Health workers "blasé" about HIV disclosure

Posted on April 15, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

GayNZ.com reports: “Blasé” health care workers are too often divulging the confidential HIV status of their patients and broader data sharing within the medical fraternity is also leading to unwanted HIV status disclosures, according to HIV positive people. As a result, the Privacy Commissioner is urging health care workers to reflect on the way they…

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Personal health records latest concern for CIOs

Posted on April 15, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Zach Church writes in Midmarket CIO News: As a growing number of patients take an increasingly proactive role in the management of their own health, sales of software programs that give users access to their personal health records are set to explode, experts say. But the impending proliferation means new responsibilities for CIOs as hospitals…

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Stolen computers contained patient data from EHS patients

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Dissent

Elliott Health Systems, Inc. (EHS) in New Hampshire has notified the New Hampshire Department of Justice that on February 22, 2008, 10 computers were stolen from the headquarters of a business associate, Advanced Medical Partners, Inc. (AMPI). By letter dated March 3, 2007 (sic), EHS reported that the computers may have contained ePHI on 6…

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Lawyers: Doctor's info leak justified / Defense says psychiatrist wanted to show teenaged suspect did not intend to kill

Posted on April 14, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

  An interesting news story out of Japan from the Yomiuri Shimbun: Lawyers for a psychiatrist indicted on charges of leaking confidential information about a teenage murder suspect to a freelance journalist insisted the doctor was innocent in court Monday, stating he was trying to prove the boy had not intended to kill. During the…

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