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Supreme Court to hear data-mining arguments
Do states have the right to make doctors' prescription data private? Or do data-mining companies have the right to gather that data and sell it? These are the questions before the U.S. Supreme Court
AMA: Docs must police each other in social media
The American Medical Association wants doctors to blow the whistle on their peers who behave badly online. The new policy is likely a response to concerns about patient confidentiality in social
Privacy groups ask FTC to probe online marketing
Privacy advocates worry that pharmaceutical companies are being sneaky about gathering information on web-surfing patients, and they're asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how that
Tech glitterati strut DNA online
Ten DNA-sequenced volunteers are posting this most private information online, unprotected. You'll recognize some of them by reputation, if not their DNA: pioneering technologist Esther Dyson, and
Privacy rules could hinder drug marketing
While everyone was watching healthcare reform, another bill made a change that could overhaul pharma marketing. In the stimulus package passed earlier this year, lawmakers tinkered with privacy rules
Genetics social networks raise ethics questions
Personal genetics company 23andMe recently made a deal with Palomar Pomerado Health, a California public health district, offering the $399 Personal Genome Service for sale at outpatient health
Researchers consider genetic data privacy issues
A sophisticated new approach to using single-nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, to identify people has raised concerns over the privacy of people who volunteer for genetic research. Algorithms using
