Emerging privacy issues

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the debate over electronic data bases and privacy, with an emphasis on the United States since the Privacy Act of 1974, and synthesized proposals that have value for the 1990s, both nationally and internationally, are synthesized.

TL;DR: The widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) and electronic health information exchange, among other technologies, is considered essential to improving the quality of care, reducing medical errors, reducing health disparities, and advancing the delivery of patient-centered medical care.

TL;DR: This study compares the offline behavior of 381 survey respondents to their behavior on social media sites to determine if offline privacy law can be applied to cyberspace, and finds that social media users have negotiated a privacy boundary online.

TL;DR: It is essential that the larger issue of the establishment of a de facto national database, containing personal information on most Americans, be addressed.