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Three healthcare organizations are defending the federal health IT booster programs against calls from GOP senators who want a "reboot." Six U.S. senators who last month criticized the health information technology efforts of the Obama administration had asked for comments on issues raised in their 28-page white paper , and they received several of ... (more)

A Snyderville Basin development that maintains a rare policy allowing bicyclists onto its private roads will stop doing so next week, indicating that there are increased safety concerns as construction continues.

Abstract: In this short essay, written for a symposium in the San Diego Law Review, Professor Daniel Solove examines the nothing to hide argument.

I'm a big fan of keeping my personal information personal. But when it comes to your medical information, maintaining privacy is difficult, if not impossible.

Teens are posting more and more personal information on social media sites, but most also are taking formal and informal measures to protect their online privacy and reputations, a new survey finds.

The journalism world has been rightly outraged by the Justice Department dragging the Associated Press into one of its sprawling leak investigations.

The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

Chris Abraham is a leading expert in digital: social media marketing, Internet privacy, online reputation management , and digital PR with a focus on blogger outreach, blogger engagement, and Internet crisis response.

When health IT professionals are calling out for better ways to view patient data, third party applications are the obvious answer.

I have nothing against the folks who created Tumblr and managed to get Yahoo to bid a whopping $1.1 billion this week to buy the company.

During a Q&A following a rambling conclusion to Google I/O's marathon keynote, Google CEO Larry Page said a few things that hinted at his frustrations with the one platform he can't seem to find the right interfaces for: government.

Twenty-five miles due south of Salt Lake City, a massive construction project is nearing completion.

Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized eyeglasses, Google Glass .

Virginia has enacted two new laws that are intended to enhance employee protections, particularly during union organizing drives in the Commonwealth.

Your health care information including your medical data, history, treatment, even your shopping habits at the pharmacy is the next big frontier in the battle for consumer privacy.

Bloomberg has hired former IBM chairman and CEO Sam Palmisiano as an independent advisor to review privacy and data standards practices at the company.

During the early years of the relationship, Williams supported her husband while he completed his Ph.D. in history.

At the Privacy Forum held in Wellington last year, Justice Minister Judith Collins promised that a new Privacy Bill would be introduced in May this year to replace the now 20-year-old Privacy Act 1993.

You may not want your employees using their own devices for workplace tasks, but in all likelihood they are.

A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans.