Gerri Peev and Jack Doyle report: A Downing Street official has demanded confidential details of millions of GP appointments. Sparking yet another NHS privacy row, she has ordered the firm in charge of bookings at most English surgeries to hand over the sensitive data urgently. The information includes the date, time and duration of appointments…
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Obama collecting personal data for a secret race database?
Paul Sperry writes: A key part of President Obama’s legacy will be the fed’s unprecedented collection of sensitive data on Americans by race. The government is prying into our most personal information at the most local levels, all for the purpose of “racial and economic justice.” Unbeknown to most Americans, Obama’s racial bean counters are…
House of Representatives Passes Bill to Permit Broader Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information for Research Purposes
Hunton & Williams writes: On July 10, 2015, the United States House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Cures Act (the “Act”), which is intended to ease restrictions on the use and disclosure of protected health information (“PHI”) for research purposes. Currently, the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits the use and disclosure of PHI for research purposes without…
There’s a plan to immediately purge some government network surveillance data
Aliya Sternstein reports: After a series of stinging government hacks, the Department of Homeland Security said scans of incoming Internet traffic from the public would be amped up. It has been unclear how this monitoring might affect the privacy of citizens and employees. Now, a little-noticed National Archives and Records Administration assessment offers some insight: Any surveillance…