German luxury carmaker Daimler has come under fire for carrying out blood tests on potential employees. A leading privacy advocate has condemned the practice as illegal and called for the information to be deleted. The automobile concern has defended the procedure as “completely normal” and denied any legal violations. Daimler spokeswoman Dominique Albrecht said health…
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Cyber Secure Institute Calls Wired Magazine’s “2009 Smart List” Idea “Forget Medical Privacy” Profoundly Stupid
Today, the Cyber Secure Institute called Wired Magazine’s idea that we should “forget medical privacy” profoundly stupid. This idea was part of the Magazine’s 2009 list of “Smart Ideas,” which is the cover story of Wired’s October 2009 edition. As part of the magazine’s annual list of “smart ideas,” Wired endorsed an idea promoted by…
House passes bill excluding small healthcare practices from Red Flag Rules
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 3763, a bill that amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses. As passed by the House, the following would not be considered “creditors” under the new Red Flag Rules: a health care practice with 20 or fewer employees…
CZ: State institute found to be illegally collecting personal medical data
Christian Falvey reports: The Office for Personal Data Protection says it has never encountered such a large-scale database of illegally collected personal data: information from 200,000 drug prescriptions a day for the last six months showing who uses what kind of medicine. And the body collecting it? The State Institute for Drug Control. What the…
DNA of 400 sex offenders missing from state database
Ben Poston and Ryan Haggerty report: […] The Journal Sentinel analyzed a database of more than 12,000 felons found missing from the DNA database last month after an audit by the Justice Department. […] A preliminary audit conducted last month by the state Department of Justice showed about 12,000 samples that should be in the…
Study ID's prescription privacy risks
Canadian researchers say they’ve determined information contained in hospital prescription records can be used to easily identify patients. The study, led by Dr. Khaled El Emam of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, found information on drug prescriptions is a highly sought after commodity by pharmaceutical companies, which use the information in their marketing and…