The problem, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, was that the ads were served using information that was legally protected:
personal healthcare data.
There are many challenges involved in fixing America's broken healthcare system, but certainly one of the knottiest is privacy — and the many questions that surround the exploding amounts of
personal healthcare data.
Not exact matches
Their research also found that industries such as financial services,
healthcare and manufacturing experience the highest level of attacks given that they have massive financial assets, a rich vein of
personal data to be tapped, and physical inventories that hold significant value.
ResearchKit, an open - source platform for creating iPhone apps that collect
healthcare research
data, will bring together huge swathes of
personal data from a significant portion of the population.
The exemption could also be used to facilitate the sharing of
personal data between public services and the Home Office if it's decided checking everyone's entitlement to access
healthcare, education or social housing is necessary for effective immigration control.
Those systems are gradually replacing clinic - centered
healthcare, and we wanted to find a unique solution to protect sensitive
personal health
data with something simple, available and cost - effective,» said Zhanpeng Jin, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University.
Dartmouth College researchers have developed a digital «magic wand» to improve home
healthcare and to prevent hackers from stealing your
personal data.
Advising a UK company about
data protection issues as part of the design of a mobile app for health service workers in a
healthcare context, in particular issues concerning the precise identification of the relevant
data controllers and around the permitted scope of processing of sensitive
personal data.
Unlike
personal identifying information — which might include a name, email address, and credit card numbers or a Social Security number —
healthcare - related information offers a wealth of additional
data, including medical records.
The increasing hacks in
healthcare come at a time when U.S. companies have fallen under scrutiny for how they manage consumer
data, raising questions about how
personal information should be used and protected.