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Washtech.com 3/19/02
CIA Web Site Cans Cookies After Report
By Brian McWilliams
A Web site operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Monday=20
discontinued marking visitors with a unique identification tag, or "cookie,"=
=20
after a non-profit group complained about the practice.
http://www.washtech.com/news/govtit/15714-1.html


Associated Press 3/19/02
CIA Removes Web Tracking Software
By DAVID HO, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The CIA (news - web sites) got caught with a hand in the=20
Internet cookie jar.
The agency removed tracking software known as a "cookie" from one of its Web=
=20
sites this week after a private group discovered the banned practice, said=20
Mike Stepp, who manages the CIA's public Web site.
"It was a mistake on our part. It was not intentional," Stepp said Tuesday.=20
"The public does not need to be concerned that the CIA is tracking them.=20
We're a bit busy to be doing that."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&;
u=3D/ap/20020319/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_web_pri

vacy_3


Washington Times 3/19/02
Legislation cracks down on identity theft
By John Biemer
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20020319-29638888.htm


New York Times 03/19/02
The Place for Public Documents: On File or Online?
Hospitals and insurance companies can readily obtain information about a=20
physician's malpractice claims, but in most states the public cannot. But in=
=20
at least 15 states, the Federation of State Medical Boards says, some such=20
records are available on official Web sites. Physician groups in most states=
=20
oppose the practice. Gale Scott
discussed the issue with the presidents of two medical societies. These are=20
edited excerpts of those interviews.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/health/policy/19FAC1.html


Toronto Sun 3/21/02
Air Canada violated privacy law, official rules
Carrier shared frequent-flier information
OTTAWA (CP) =E2=80=94 The federal privacy commissioner has ruled Air Canada'=
s=20
frequent-flier program violated the law by giving personal information to=20
outside organizations without consent from Aeroplan members.
In an 11-page letter to Air Canada, released to the public yesterday, Privac=
y=20
Commissioner George Radwanski said his investigation of a complaint from an=20
Aeroplan member determined "Air Canada to be in contravention of all=20
provisions of the (privacy) act relevant to the complaint."
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?...8774&;
call_pagepath=3DNews/Canada&col=3D968350116467


Associated Press 3/22/02
Bush Seeks to Revise Patient Privacy
Fri Mar 22,12:20 PM ET
By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Doctors and hospitals could disclose private information about=20
patients and provide medical services without prior consent under proposed=20
Bush administration revisions to Clinton-era patient privacy rules.
Privacy advocates protested that the administration is stripping out a core=20
element of the privacy rules. Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record)=
,=20
D-Mass., promised hearings and legislation to reinstate the mandatory consen=
t=20
forms.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&;
u=3D/ap/20020322/ap_on_go_pr_wh/health_privacy_5



Associated Press 3/22/02
Democrats angered by Bush administration scraping of patient consent forms i=
n=20
privacy
rule
By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Democrats balked Friday at the Bush administration's plans to=20
roll back part of health privacy rules set to take effect in a year.
At issue is whether patients must sign a consent form before doctors and=20
hospitals may disclose private information about their health, even for=20
treatment or payment.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&;
u=3D/ap/20020322/ap_to_po/health_privacy_6



HealthScout News 3/220/02
New Health Record Rules May Limit Right to Privacy
By Adam Marcus
HealthScoutNews Reporter=20
FRIDAY, March 22 (HealthScoutNews) -- Doctors, health insurers and other=20
groups won't need your expressed written permission before sharing your=20
private medical information under new rules proposed yesterday by the Bush=20
Administration.
Saying the hoops involved in obtaining prior consent could jeopardize patien=
t=20
care, the White House wants to allow sharing of health information so long a=
s=20
people are first notified orally or in writing about the disclosure.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&;
u=3D/hsn/.../new_health_record_rules_may_limit

_right_to_privacy



New York Times 3/22/02
Bush Acts to Drop Core Privacy Rule on Medical Data
By ROBERT PEAR
ASHINGTON, March 21 =E2=80=94 The Bush administration today proposed droppin=
g a=20
requirement at the heart of federal rules that protect the privacy of medica=
l=20
records. It said doctors and hospitals should not have to obtain consent fro=
m=20
patients before using or disclosing medical information for the purpose of=20
treatment or reimbursement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/politics/22PRIV.html


Washington Post 3/22/02
Medical Privacy Changes Proposed
Bush Plan Would Lessen Patients' Say on Records
By Amy Goldstein
The Bush administration yesterday proposed changing some of the federal rule=
s=20
designed to protect the confidentiality of Americans' medical records,=20
including the ability of
patients to decide in advance who should be able to use their personal healt=
h=20
information.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A158-2002Mar21.html


AMNews 3/25/02
Panel wants HIPAA privacy loophole closed
Unless changed, the rule will allow marketers to access patients' health=20
information without prior authorization.
By Amy Snow Landa, AMNews staff.
Washington -- A federal advisory panel has sided with physician groups=20
worried that the medical records privacy rule fails to protect patients from=
=20
commercial entities that would like to use their personal health information=
=20
for marketing activities.
The privacy rule offers patients "inadequate protection in several key areas=
"=20
related to marketing, the panel wrote in a March 1 letter to Health and Huma=
n=20
Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_02/gvsb0325.htm



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va

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<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"FIXED" FACE=3D"=
Courier New" LANG=3D"0">Yomiuri Shimbun 3/17/02
<BR>Prof. released students' grades on Net
<BR>Yomiuri Shimbun
<BR>A professor of Tenri University in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, listed his st=
udents' names, grades and attendance records on his Internet site, which was=
 accessible to anyone, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Saturday.
<BR>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20020317wo22.htm
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Federal Computer Week 3/18/02
<BR>Privacy, security sides clash
<BR>BY William Matthews
<BR>The U.S. government is enjoying "a golden age of surveillance," says Jim=
 Dempsey.
<BR>From financial records to fingerprint data, federal agencies "are chokin=
g on
<BR>information." And in the name of homeland security, Congress is increasi=
ng the
<BR>government's ability to gather information.
<BR>http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0318/web-ppi-03-18-02.asp
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Washtech.com 3/19/02
<BR>CIA Web Site Cans Cookies After Report
<BR>By Brian McWilliams
<BR>A Web site operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Monday d=
iscontinued marking visitors with a unique identification tag, or "cookie,"=20=
after a non-profit group complained about the practice.
<BR>http://www.washtech.com/news/govtit/15714-1.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Associated Press 3/19/02
<BR>CIA Removes Web Tracking Software
<BR>By DAVID HO, Associated Press Writer
<BR>WASHINGTON - The CIA (news - web sites) got caught with a hand in the In=
ternet cookie jar.
<BR>The agency removed tracking software known as a "cookie" from one of its=
 Web sites this week after a private group discovered the banned practice, s=
aid Mike Stepp, who manages the CIA's public Web site.
<BR>"It was a mistake on our part. It was not intentional," Stepp said Tuesd=
ay. "The public does not need to be concerned that the CIA is tracking them.=
 We're a bit busy to be doing that."
<BR>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&amp;u=3D/ap/20020319/ap_on=
_go_ca_st_pe/cia_web_privacy_3
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Washington Times 3/19/02
<BR>Legislation cracks down on identity theft
<BR>By John Biemer
<BR>ASSOCIATED PRESS
<BR>http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20020319-29638888.htm
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>New York Times 03/19/02
<BR>The Place for Public Documents: On File or Online?
<BR>Hospitals and insurance companies can readily obtain information about a=
 physician's malpractice claims, but in most states the public cannot. But i=
n at least 15 states, the Federation of State Medical Boards says, some such=
 records are available on official Web sites. Physician groups in most state=
s oppose the practice. Gale Scott
<BR>discussed the issue with the presidents of two medical societies. These=20=
are edited excerpts of those interviews.
<BR>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/health/policy/19FAC1.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Toronto Sun 3/21/02
<BR>Air Canada violated privacy law, official rules
<BR>Carrier shared frequent-flier information
<BR>OTTAWA (CP) =E2=80=94 The federal privacy commissioner has ruled Air Can=
ada's frequent-flier program violated the law by giving personal information=
 to outside organizations without consent from Aeroplan members.
<BR>In an 11-page letter to Air Canada, released to the public yesterday, Pr=
ivacy Commissioner George Radwanski said his investigation of a complaint fr=
om an Aeroplan member determined "Air Canada to be in contravention of all p=
rovisions of the (privacy) act relevant to the complaint."
<BR>http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?...8774&amp;call_pagepath=
=3DNews/Canada&amp;col=3D968350116467
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Associated Press 3/22/02
<BR>Bush Seeks to Revise Patient Privacy
<BR>Fri Mar 22,12:20 PM ET
<BR>By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer
<BR>WASHINGTON - Doctors and hospitals could disclose private information ab=
out patients and provide medical services without prior consent under propos=
ed Bush administration revisions to Clinton-era patient privacy rules.
<BR>Privacy advocates protested that the administration is stripping out a c=
ore element of the privacy rules. Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting rec=
ord), D-Mass., promised hearings and legislation to reinstate the mandatory=20=
consent forms.
<BR>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&amp;u=3D/ap/20020322/ap_on=
_go_pr_wh/health_privacy_5
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Associated Press 3/22/02
<BR>Democrats angered by Bush administration scraping of patient consent for=
ms in privacy
<BR>rule
<BR>By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer
<BR>WASHINGTON - Democrats balked Friday at the Bush administration's plans=20=
to roll back part of health privacy rules set to take effect in a year.
<BR>At issue is whether patients must sign a consent form before doctors and=
 hospitals may disclose private information about their health, even for tre=
atment or payment.
<BR>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&amp;u=3D/ap/20020322/ap_to=
_po/health_privacy_6
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>HealthScout News 3/220/02
<BR>New Health Record Rules May Limit Right to Privacy
<BR>By Adam Marcus
<BR>HealthScoutNews Reporter=20
<BR>FRIDAY, March 22 (HealthScoutNews) -- Doctors, health insurers and other=
 groups won't need your expressed written permission before sharing your pri=
vate medical information under new rules proposed yesterday by the Bush Admi=
nistration.
<BR>Saying the hoops involved in obtaining prior consent could jeopardize pa=
tient care, the White House wants to allow sharing of health information so=20=
long as people are first notified orally or in writing about the disclosure.
<BR>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&amp;u=3D/hsn/.../new_healt=
h_record_rules_may_limit_right_to_privacy
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>New York Times 3/22/02
<BR>Bush Acts to Drop Core Privacy Rule on Medical Data
<BR>By ROBERT PEAR
<BR>ASHINGTON, March 21 =E2=80=94 The Bush administration today proposed dro=
pping a requirement at the heart of federal rules that protect the privacy o=
f medical records. It said doctors and hospitals should not have to obtain c=
onsent from patients before using or disclosing medical information for the=20=
purpose of treatment or reimbursement.
<BR>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/politics/22PRIV.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Washington Post 3/22/02
<BR>Medical Privacy Changes Proposed
<BR>Bush Plan Would Lessen Patients' Say on Records
<BR>By Amy Goldstein
<BR>The Bush administration yesterday proposed changing some of the federal=20=
rules designed to protect the confidentiality of Americans' medical records,=
 including the ability of
<BR>patients to decide in advance who should be able to use their personal h=
ealth information.
<BR>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A158-2002Mar21.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>AMNews 3/25/02
<BR>Panel wants HIPAA privacy loophole closed
<BR>Unless changed, the rule will allow marketers to access patients' health=
 information without prior authorization.
<BR>By Amy Snow Landa, AMNews staff.
<BR>Washington -- A federal advisory panel has sided with physician groups w=
orried that the medical records privacy rule fails to protect patients from=20=
commercial entities that would like to use their personal health information=
 for marketing activities.
<BR>The privacy rule offers patients "inadequate protection in several key a=
reas" related to marketing, the panel wrote in a March 1 letter to Health an=
d Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
<BR>http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_02/gvsb0325.htm
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
<BR>pakurilecz@aol.com
<BR>Richmond, Va</FONT></HTML>

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