Motoko Rich reports: MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — In this small suburb outside Milwaukee, no one in the Menomonee Falls School District escapes the rigorous demands of data. Custodians monitor dirt under bathroom sinks, while the high school cafeteria supervisor tracks parent and student surveys of lunchroom food preferences. Administrators record monthly tallies of student disciplinary…
Category: Healthcare
Draft House Cures Legislation Would Amend Federal Privacy Laws (Second Post in a Series)
Anna Kraus and Paige Jennings write: As we discussed in a prior post, the April 29, 2015, draft House 21st Century Cures bill would make several changes to federal health privacy law. This post focuses on provisions that would allow remote access to PHI for purposes preparatory to research and that would permit individuals to make…
Six U. of Oregon employees, including vice president, under investigation for alleged misconduct concerning rape case
Richard Read reports: Six University of Oregon employees, including a vice president and the school’s interim top lawyer, are under investigation for alleged misconduct in the handling of therapy records of a student who says she was gang-raped by three Ducks basketball players. The Oregon State Bar is investigating complaints against interim general counsel Douglas…
How Private DNA Data Led Idaho Cops on a Wild Goose Chase and Linked an Innocent Man to a 20-year-old Murder Case
Jennifer Lynch writes: The New Orleans Advocate recently published a shocking story that details the very real threats to privacy and civil liberties posed by law enforcement access to private genetic databases and familial DNA searching. In 1996, a young woman named Angie Dodge was murdered in her apartment in a small town in Idaho. Although the police…