Honors Think Tank On Transparency & Privacy in a Web 2.0 World: Week Eight Resources

Medical Records Privacy

Utahsright.com

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Recovery.gov

Federaltransparency.gov

Topics This Week:

• Medical records
• Criminal records
• Sex offenders registries
• National Identity Cards
• Mandatory DNA samples/Genetic information

Readings/Viewings:

• Summary of the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011, Venable law firm (April 12, 2011)
• Privacy Protections for Personal Information Online, Congressional Research Service Report (April 6, 2011)
• Opinion in The People v. Rolando S., Case No. FO61153, in the Court of Appeals of the State of California, Fifth Appellate District (July 21, 2011)
• Gun-advocacy group continues Illinois litigation

Guest Presenters:

• Alice Siempelkemp, RATB, Washington, D.C.

Student Presenter(s)

• Sam Totten

Student Scribe

• Sam Totten

Books

• The Limits of Privacy
• Justice, Crime, and Ethics
• Genetic Justice: DNA Databanks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties

Journals

• Perceived criminality, criminal background checks, and the racial hiring practices of employers
• Maintaining the confidentiality of medical records shared over the Internet and the World Wide Web
• Collateral consequences of sex offender registration

Popular Media

• So why not a National Identity Card?
• Can medical records be released without consent?
• Do we really need meghan's law?