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Newsgathering In Light Of Hipaa, Alexander A. Boni-Saenz
Newsgathering In Light Of Hipaa, Alexander A. Boni-Saenz
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This short piece examines the interaction between the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a federal law designed to protect the privacy of individuals’ health information, and state Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, which are designed to ensure public access to government documents. It describes three recent cases from different states that addressed difficult issues about where and how to draw the line between the public’s right to know and individuals’ rights to keep their medical information secret. It concludes that questions about the interaction of state FOI laws and HIPAA should be guided by the framework suggested in …
Personal Data Privacy Tradeoffs And How A Swedish Church Lady, Austrian Public Radio Employees, And Transatlantic Air Carriers Show That Europe Does Not Have All The Answers, Edward C. Harris
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