Associated Press reports: A coalition of groups has launched an ad campaign against House Speaker Beth Harwell and other lawmakers over a controversial bill that would allow counselors to refuse to treat patients on the basis of “sincerely held religious beliefs.” […] Republican Sen. Jack Johnson of Franklin, who sponsored the bill, has said that…
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Book: Privacy and the past: research, law, archives, ethics
There’s a new book coming out by Sarah C. Lawrence that looks like it might be an interesting read if you’re interested in medical privacy. Here’s the description of it from Amazon.com: When the new HIPAA privacy rules regarding the release of health information took effect, medical historians suddenly faced a raft of new ethical…
NZ: Privacy Forums in Privacy Week
You can book now to attend our Privacy Forums in Wellington and Auckland during Privacy Week. This year, Privacy Week is from 9-14 May. The early bird fee for the forums of $150 per person only applies until 25 April. The keynote speakers attending the Privacy Forums are the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the…
PogoWasRight.org turns 10 today!
On March 18, 2006, PogoWasRight.org’s co-founder “Anonadmin” (a/k/a Ziplock) posted our very first news item on PogoWasRight.org. The more than 20,000 posts that were subsequently posted on the original platform are archived offline, as I never figured out how to import them into the WordPress platform I switched to in June, 2009. But since switching to WordPress,…