Isabelle Z. reports: Just when you thought that tracking humans through technology couldn’t get any worse, engineers have developed a smart wristband that uses a wireless connection to smartphones to power a new generation of devices that monitor personal health and environmental data. In a study that was published in the journal Microsystems and Nanoengineering, researchers…
Category: Healthcare
Need medical help? Sorry, not until you sign away your privacy
Mary Madden writes: Last summer I found myself running late for a doctor’s appointment I’d waited months to get. Even though the back injury I had sustained three months earlier was finally starting to improve, I was eager to get an expert opinion from an orthopedic surgeon. When I arrived, breathless and apologetic, the doctor’s…
The Implications of the GDPR on Clinical Trials in Europe
Kristof Van Quathem writes: On October 23, 2018, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries in cooperation with the Future of Privacy Forum and the Center for Information Policy Leadership will organize a workshop entitled, “Can GDPR Work for Health Research.” In the first session, the workshop will discuss the implications of the General Data Protection…
My Health Record privacy amendments ‘woefully inadequate’: Labor
Stilgherrian reports: After carefully reading and considering 31 public submissions on the My Health Record privacy amendments, as well as three further documents from community health organisations, the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s report on its inquiry has made just one solitary recommendation. “The committee recommends the Bill be passed,” it reads. The committee didn’t…