From HHS, today: The HIPAA Privacy Rule has always provided individuals with the right to access and receive a copy of their health information from their doctors, hospitals and health insurance plans. This right is critical to enabling individuals to take ownership of their health and well-being. Individuals with access to their health information are…
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DHS posts new lies about the REAL-ID Act
From Papers, Please!: In response to a flurry of publicity kicked off by a story last week in the New York Times in which we were quoted, the DHS has posted several new or updated pages about the REAL-ID Act on its website, including a new page headed, “REAL ID and You: Rumor Control“. Not surprisingly, the…
You don’t have to show any ID to fly
Papers, Please! wants you to know that no matter what the TSA suggests, you don’t need to show any ID to fly: We’re quoted in an article today in the New York Times about the Federal government’s efforts to use the threat of denial of air travel to scare state legislators into connecting their state drivers license and ID…
It can be hard as hell to get your DNA out of the FBI’s genetic database
Kashmir Hill reports: Once your DNA is the FBI’s database, you’re included in a genetic line-up every time police are looking for a suspect in a crime. And depending on the state that you live in, close family members, whose genetic information is similar to yours and so could be matched through yours, could also…