Health Privacy Act : Not Enough Protection
The Health Privacy Project released a report funded by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that examines how the new federal health privacy regulation covers - and does not cover - consumer-oriented health Web sites and Internet-based health care. The report found that: (1) the regulation does not apply to most health Web sites; (2) different rules may to different sites offering the same services; and (3) even at Web sites owned or operated by organizations that are covered by the privacy regulation, it is not clear which activities at those sites are subject to the regulation.Pew Internet Project Report (pdf)
Privacy Act Doesn't Apply To Most Health Sites - Pew Newsbytes, November 19, 2001
