Monday, June 05, 2006
Medical Privacy Laws Highly Ineffectual
"According to the Washington Post, since Americans gained statutory privacy for their medical records backed by the US Federal Government (via HIPAA), the Bush administration has received thousands of complaints alleging violations but has not imposed a single civil fine and has prosecuted just two criminal cases saying that they were pursuing 'voluntary compliance.'"
source:http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/05/0935254
source:http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/05/0935254
# posted by dark master : 6/05/2006 11:02:00 AM
