Consent
Individuals should be given the opportunity to make meaningful, informed choices about how their personal health information is accessed, used, and disclosed. But consent is not the linchpin of privacy, and overreliance on notice and consent in practice provides weak privacy protection. Most critical to privacy is a comprehensive framework of rules governing how information is accessed, used, and disclosed which protects information without regard to consent.
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Rethinking the Role of Consent in Protecting Health Information Privacy Press Release: Washington - The Center for Democracy & Technology today released a major policy paper... |
1/26/2009 | |
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CDT Paper: Rethinking the Role of Consent in Protecting Health Information Privacy Statement: CDT today released a major policy paper intended to move the health privacy debate from its... |
1/26/2009 |
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Rethinking the Role of Consent in Protecting Health Information Privacy Paper: This paper advocates for a new generation of privacy protections that allow personal health... |
Deven McGraw | 1/26/2009 | |
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Beyond Consumer Consent Brief: Consumer consent has long been seen as the privacy pillar for networked health information. But a... |
2/21/2008 | ||
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Know Your Rights: Health Privacy Guide Report: As of April 14, 2003, federal law provides some privacy protections for your medical records and... |
Deven McGraw | 1/1/2008 |