[Dataloss] OT: Anyone Google Anyone's Medical Records?

[Al Mac Wheel]

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9875967-7.html?tag=head

Google is set to announce on Thursday that it will be using the Cleveland 
Clinic hospital in Cleveland, Ohio as the pilot site for its new personal 
health records initiative.

Between 1,500 and 10,000 patients at the Cleveland, Ohio, facility will 
participate in the project's test run, volunteering to have their medical 
records transferred to their Google accounts.

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Included in the data will be prescription information, medical histories, 
and details about conditions and allergies.

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third-party PHR systems that aren't covered by the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), which has been in effect since 
1996 and requires individuals to be notified when a party other than a 
patient's doctor wants to access confidential medical data.

Not only is security an issue, the nonprofit has said, so is the 
likelilhood that marketers and other corporate entities will be able to 
exploit otherwise confidential data. The World Privacy Forum has not taken 
a specific stance on Google's new project or on others like Microsoft's.

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Al Mac