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10 a.m. – Noon Washington, D.C. Speakers Dr. Michael Lawrence, Associate Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church Kate Moynihan, Deputy Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa, Catholic Relief Services Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia; Chairman, Board of Directors, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy Bruce Wilkinson, Senior […]
Introduction Wired parents and non-parents participate in many Internet activities in roughly the same proportions. These include using email, searching for financial information, accessing online news, participating in auctions and online, and doing general browsing. However, we have found in our analysis of the most common online activities that certain behaviors characterize online parents as […]
Introduction and background By the staff of the Pew Internet & American Life Project The September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the most seismic news events in the Web era. They dominated people’s thoughts and their actions online like no other event before them. One of the most […]
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. Presentation of paper by: W. Bradford Wilcox, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia and Non-Residential Fellow, The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Yale University Panelists include: Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Theodora Ooms, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for […]
Sites with Multiple Activities As covered entities establish an online presence, their online collection and transmission of personal health information will be regulated by the privacy rule. Even if a company is a covered entity, however, it is not obvious whether all information collected by the entity at its Web site is covered. Most health-related […]
9:30a.m. – 11:00a.m. Washington, D.C. Data presented by: Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Respondents include: Karlyn H. Bowman, Resident Fellow, the American Enterprise Institute William A. Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland Moderated by: E.J. Dionne, Jr., […]
Introduction Until the release of the federal health privacy regulation, there was little legal protection for health information – online or offline. Unlike financial records, credit reports and even video rental records, there is no comprehensive federal law that protects the privacy of medical records. For online activities, the FTC has the authority to prosecute […]
“Horror Stories” News stories have highlighted various types of privacy violations related to health information. The new federal privacy regulation will address only some violations of privacy that can occur online. The following examples are violations previously reported by the press. None of them are covered by the privacy regulation since compliance with the regulation […]
Introduction Every day people go online to get information about a medical condition or symptom, fill a prescription, get an insurance quote, participate in a chat room, or fill out a health assessment. All of these activities involve the exchange of information with or without the consent of the individual, and with or without their […]
Introduction Health care providers maintain and share a vast amount of sensitive patient information for a variety of reasons. Such records are kept and shared for diagnosis and treatment of the patient, payment of health care services rendered, public health reporting, research, and even for marketing and use by the media. Until recently, most of […]