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Could PATRIOT Act Cover Canadians' Health Care Records?

The government of Canadian province British Columbia recently signed a contract outsourcing maintenance of its health care system to a company based in the U.S. British Columbians protesting this contract fear the private health records collected by Maximus could be seized by U.S. law enforcement under the PATRIOT Act.

Canadians Fight for Privacy, Wired News, February 4, 2005