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Asked specifics of the patient's condition, he said he could not discuss them because of federal privacy laws.

The UK's former Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said the case gave privacy laws a "bad name" .

None of the privacy laws mentioned apply to Medicare or Medicaid, because technically these programs are entitlements, not insurance.

Check with your industry association as well as federal and local governments for privacy laws and guidelines.

Today, the Canadian government found that the company had breached privacy laws.

Another challenge is the United States'sheer size, with 50 state governments and a multiplicity of privacy laws.

On Wednesday , a state Senate committee endorsed a bill aimed at removing the privacy laws protecting deceased patients' rights .

But the PCC's existence has, so far, dissuaded successive UK administrations from introducing privacy laws.

UBS and the Swiss government fought the U. S. effort to obtain account holders' names, citing Swiss bank-privacy laws.

Thus, better privacy laws must be enacted, even though some observers say new genetic technologies add little threat to privacy.

Libel and privacy laws should be reformed in ways to protect the public's right to know.

He has now been charged with violating privacy laws and, if convicted, faces up to four years in jail.

'The problem became that in Luxembourg, they were worried that privacy laws extended to every single living thing, not just humans.

Privacy laws, and implicit threats of retribution, prop up the culture of self-censorship .

That's now changing, although privacy laws restrict how the companies can share their records.

Bloggers and tweeters, who tend to disregard such niceties as proof or accuracy, make enforcement of the privacy laws harder.

The mess of Britain's privacy laws, now under sweeping review by a joint committee of both houses of Parliament.

The lawsuit, settled for an undisclosed sum, was launched under English privacy laws.

Such demands add administrative burdens and often conflict with local privacy laws restricting bank disclosure.

Data privacy laws in the U. S. are subject-matter specific, Gelman said.

But school officials thought privacy laws prevented sharing this information with Virginia Tech.

Wright alleges that scanning subscriber computers could violate privacy laws even after the packet leaves the desktop.

Google, for instance, faces a number of lawsuits inEuropefor providing links to material that breaches privacy laws.

Personal information will be nowhere and everywhere, but most privacy laws still assume that data resides in one place.

Capital One spokeswoman Ms. Girardo says, 'Our practices are fully compliant with banking regulations and privacy laws. '

With tight privacy laws, public figures often sue even when a story is true.

Allan Friedman calls this an important start to strengthening privacy laws.

Privacy laws have been narrowly tailored toward protecting children, or categories of data such as credit reports and health records.

Privacy Fundamentalists : Over 25 % of consumers who want more privacy laws and opt-in choices.

So, sure, we should care about privacy. But we should also care about dumb privacy laws whose cost we won't appreciate until it's too late.

Each year Kelly tries to find new people to write to, but admits with tighter privacy laws it's getting tougher to track celebrities down.

But they say privacy laws restrict how they can deal with mentally troubled people, even if there are warning signs of possible violence.

Workers can also turn to a CPO to learn about their company's personal privacy laws concerning their data.

Google has confirmed that it will appeal against the conviction of three employees who were found guilty of violating Italian privacy laws

in jurisdictions such as Singapore or Hong Kong, the IRS rules appear to contravene local privacy laws.

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