Medical and Health

Medical & Health information belongs to the EXTERNAL category of personal information.

Definition

Medical & Health information is defined as information that describes an individual’s health, medical conditions or health care.

i.e. Physical and mental health, drug test results, disabilities, family or individual health history, health records, blood type, DNA code, prescriptions

Relevant Laws

• (410 ILCS § 50/). Medical Patient Rights Act. (United States, Illinois)
• (815 ILCS 530/) Personal Information Protection Act. (United States, Illinois)
• Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (United States)
• Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 (United States)
• Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (United States)
• Federal Policy for the Protection Human Subjects (United States)
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (United States)
• Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (United States)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (United States)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (United States)
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (United States)
• Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (United States)
• Privacy Act of 1974 (United States)
• Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (United States)
• Section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (United States)

Relevant Articles

• 45 Million Medical Files Leaked
• Abortion Rights in Indonesia
• Advertising Agency Uses Geofencing to Target Women Near Abortion Centers
• Ancestry.com Genealogy Company Giving Access to Its Database to the Police
• Anthem Data Breach
• Apps Sending Personal Information to Facebook
• Attempt to Extort Toronto Hospital Using Stolen Patient Data
• Central Health Employee Accessed Patient Data
• China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys
• China's Two-Child Policy
• Company Executives Read Employee’s Therapy Chat to the Team
• Contact Tracing Apps
• DNA Testing Companies Share Data with Third Parties
• Employee Health-Screening Technology
• Falsified Drug Tests Results
• Fayette Schools Introduce Thermal Imaging Cameras
• Fitness Trackers Inaccuracy
• GEDmatch Accidentaly Share Data With Police
• GEDmatch DNA Testing Website
• Glitch in India's Biometric Welfare System
• Google Acquires Fitbit
• Google Combining Search and Location Data
• Google Gets Access to Health Records from Ascension
• Hack of Psychotherapeutic Clinic in Finland
• LabCorp Security Flaw Exposes Information of Their Customers
• Medical Algorithm with a Racial Bias
• Medical Records of Cardiac Patients Left Unsecured
• Member of Parliament Leaks COVID Patients Information to Press
• Michigan College Tracking Students’ Movements
• Online Harassment of COVID Infected in South Korea
• Ontario Police Used COVID-19 Database Illegally
• Parents Testing Their Children’s DNA Online
• Pharma Database Exposes Information of Prescription-Drug Users
• Prisons Monitor Inmate Calls to Detect Coronavirus
• Researchers Predicting Parolees Recidivism With AI
• School Mandates Students to Wear COVID Detecting BioButton
• School-Based Software Monitors Kids’ Online Searches
• Secret Sharing App Whisper
• Sisters of Charity Data Breach
• Smart Helmets At the Bishop Airport
• Students Health Records Shared With Parents
• Target's Algorithm to Calculate Customer's Pregnancy Likelihood
• TikTok Parents Use Persons Face To Make Their Kids Cry
• Uptick in the Use of Wearables in the Global Response to COVID19
• Walgreens Sells Medical Data
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• Zoom Video Recordings Publicly Available Online