If you are a member of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, you can attend a free webinar for the SafetyNet Project on the top ten things you can do to improve medical privacy. Pam Dixon, executive director of World Privacy Forum, will be giving the webinar. When: January 22, 2015 Where: Webinar Cost:

Pam Dixon will be speaking at the IAPP-FTC Practical Privacy Conference in Washington DC this week. The conference is from Dec. 2-3. Her panel talk will focus on privacy issues relating to identifiable large datasets and vulnerable populations. She will also be discussing the role of data brokers in compiling datasets and categorizing people, as

This video is part 9 of a 14-part video series on health privacy and health information exchanges Video: Now that I know about health information exchanges, how do I know if my doctor or hospital is sharing my information? Not all health files are automatically exchanged in HIEs. To find out if your doctor or

This video is part 8 of a 14-part video series on health privacy and health information exchanges  Video: I just read the privacy policy at the doctor’s office, and it said that I would have to opt out of an HIE. What does that mean exactly? Opt in and opt out are terms that are

This week the New York Times reported that some California members of health insurer Anthem Blue Cross received disturbing emails with exposed subject lines related to their sensitive medical information. From the article: “But the emails’ subject lines included member-specific demographic details like age range and language. They also listed possible medical screening tests —