Bridget Freeland reports that a complaint mentioned on this blog previously has now become a class action lawsuit in North Carolina: CVS Caremark, the nation’s dominant pharmacy chain, uses and abuses the patient information it gets from handling prescriptions from competing pharmacies, by selling the information to drug companies and using it to solicit rivals’…
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Experts Forecast Top Seven Trends in Healthcare Information Privacy for 2011
In today’s installment, we gaze into the crystal ball to see what 2011 might have in store for us: What are the top security and privacy issues facing the healthcare industry in 2011? A panel of healthcare experts representing privacy, trends, technology, regulatory, data breach, and governance were asked to weigh in with their forecasts…
DoD still working to tighten SSN controls
Jared Serbu reports: The Defense Department is continuing its effort to move away from the use of Social Security numbers to identify service members, although full implementation of an alternative system of ID numbers designed to decrease identity theft will not happen until 2012. Last week, the Navy closed down one potential fraud magnet. Prior…
UK: Angus Council sought to collect samples of children's DNA
Most stories about children or student privacy are covered on the “mother ship,” PogoWasRight.org, but when student privacy issues involve DNA collection, they may also be covered on this blog. The following is part of a series of news stories that has been addressing student surveillance and privacy in UK schools: Angus Council’s use of…
Information Sharing in Criminal Justice-Mental Health Collaborations: Working with HIPAA and Other Privacy Laws
Guide: Information Sharing in Criminal Justice-Mental Health Collaborations: Working with HIPAA and Other Privacy Laws (pdf) Authors: John Petrila, J.D., L.L.M. Department of Mental Health Law & Policy College of Behavioral and Community Sciences University of South Florida Hallie Fader-Towe, J.D. Council of State Governments Justice Center Hallie Fader-Towe, J.D. Council of State Governments Justice…
Protecting your genetic privacy
Sean Brooks of CDT writes: … Recently, the Council for Responsible Genetics published a “Genetic Privacy Manual.” The online guide is a comprehensive source of information for consumers about the use of genetic information in fields ranging from human health and reproduction to the criminal justice system. The guide delves into the science of genetic testing…