As regular readers of this blog and the companion site, DataBreaches.net, already know, much of our health/medical data is not well-protected by the federal law known as HIPAA. Part of the problem is that HIPAA does not cover all entities that collect, store, or use health information. In some cases, the FTC Act may apply…
Category: Healthcare
Man Who Says Aaron Hernandez Shot Him Sues CNN
Oops – missed this last week. Nicholas Rondinone reported: A Connecticut man who claims he was shot in the face by former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has sued CNN for airing images of him while he was recovering in a Florida hospital. Alexander Bradley, who filed the lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Connecticut, is…
Google DeepMind, NHS partnership sparks privacy fears
Grant Ferowich reports: Google DeepMind and the National Health Service will partner in a move that alerts providers about abnormalities in patients’ vital signs and blood results—and privacy advocates have already started to cry foul. The artificial intelligence branch of Google and the Royal Free NHS agreed to a five-year deal that will allow Google’s…
Consumer Confidential: Medical Privacy Threatened By ‘Big Data’
David Lazarus writes: The future of the U.S. health care system will be influenced to a large extent by a company that makes weapons of war. Defense giant Northrop Grumman has signed a nearly $92 million contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to build the second phase of a computer system that’s…