Melody Gutierrez reports: California lawmakers want more state oversight of immunizations, and under a bill they are pushing, the state would begin collecting sensitive health information of schoolchildren whose doctors have exempted them from vaccinations due to medical reasons. But that proposed data collection has alarmed some parents already opposed to state-mandated vaccinations, who question…
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Ca: Alleged HIV/AIDS privacy breach in 2016 could become class-action suit against Positive Living Society of British Columbia
Jeremy Hainsworth reports: A Vancouver-based HIV/AIDS organization is facing a class-action suit for breach of privacy after an alleged release of email addresses of 800 of its members via a September 2016 mass email. And, said a BC Supreme Court ruling released May 1, a staff member of Positive Living BC had warned the organization…
United Arab Emirates: New law regulating data in the health sector
DLA Piper writes: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) federal government has issued Federal Law No. 2 of 2019 on the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Health Fields (“ICT Health Law”). The objectives of this law are to: ensure the optimal use of ICT in health fields; ensure safety and security of health…
Chinese Had Profitable Exchanges of Privacy; Now, Doing the Same in Healthcare
This may be a bit challenging to wade through, but Yusuf TUNA reports: A proposal by Robin Li (李彦宏) –founder of Baidu (百度) and an influential figure amongst China’s policymakers– yet again attracted the attention to the Medical Cloud. He thinks that Medical Cloud contains rich clinical data which catalyzes the research and application of…