Medical and Health
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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
- Wisconsin Green Act to Find Troubled Veterans
- Zoom Video Recordings Publicly Available Online