Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

 [Sector Private] Genetic Data Bill Lacks Privacy Protections, Advocate Warns: The bill would prohibit health insurers from adjusting premiums based on genetic testing, restricting enrollment or requiring genetic testing to qualify for insurance. It also would prevent employers from using genetic information to discriminate in hiring, compensation and other personnel processes, and require employers to confidentially maintain any genetic data they possess.

 [dna testing] Genetic Protections Don't Include Privacy, Says Gene Tester ...: Shortly after the bill passed Congress, I emailed Tera Eerkes, founder of personal genetic testing company Qtrait. She was excited but noted a few remaining …

 [Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy.] Congress Expected to Pass Health Privacy Protections: said ACLU Senior Legislative Counsel Timothy Sparapani. “While all medical information should be treated as private, genetic information is uniquely sensitive because it reveals potential, but not certain, health concerns, such as a family tendency to have breast cancer.”

 [Wife and Mom of Two] NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD”¦: “Public fears about genetic discrimination mean that many individuals do not participate in important biomedical research at the NIH. Many patients also refuse genetic diagnostic tests that help doctors identify and treat diseases: they worry that they will lose their health insurance if it is proven that they are genetically pre-disposed to a disease,”

[simblr.com] Congress Expected to Pass Health Privacy Protections: genetic predispositionsto develop medical conditions becomes more available, GINA will enable us tokeep information about our bodies to ourselves,” said Caroline Fredrickson,director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.

[Americans United for Life Blog] The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): A Proposed ...: State prohibitions of such genetic discrimination vary.  Forty states and the District of Columbia prohibit discrimination in health insurance policies based upon genetic testing, but the extent of the protection differs.  For example, only seven states specifically prohibit health insurers from requiring testing, while other states allow health insurers to consider the results of genetic testing only if the patients voluntarily submit favorable test results.  On the other hand, 14 states encourage genetic testing or allow discrimination in certain types of insurance policies.  Seven states have no provisions prohibiting insurance discrimination on the basis of genetic testing results.

[Health Experiment] Health Highlights: May 22, 2008: be subject to protections for privacy and trade secrets. The system would enable the US Food and Drug Administration to analyze significantly more information than it can today by tapping into databases of health information to detect .

 [Francescas Blog] Privacy Invaders: Spyware And Adware Dangers: Protecting a computer is one of the most important aspects to a computer owner. Protection of software is often the highest importance for many users.

[Health Insurance - get the best deal] Genetic Protections Don't Include Privacy, Says Gene Tester ...: Genetic Protections Don't Include Privacy, Says Gene TesterWired News - 10 minutes agoYou can't be denied a job or health insurance — but too much is still out of your control, said Eerkes.

 [Research!America] Senate Action on Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Imminent: Please contact your Senators immediately to urge them to support this important legislation. GINA is designed to protect Americans from genetic discrimination by employers and insurers.

 [from the desk of Tim Blair; NEWS blog: Redondo-Des Moines, King County, Washington USA RIGHT NOW 2008] diabetes.org: This eNewsletter is a service of the American Diabetes Association. To ensure proper delivery of this eNewsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add MakingNoise@diabetes.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list.

[Law Bites] So How Many Health Care Privacy Laws Do We Need?: When HIPAA was being considered by Congress, the debate over the appropriate level of privacy protections threatened to derail the legislation. The solution then was to punt the process of establishing privacy and security standards for .

[Luis Blog] Legal Thriller Author Analyzes Paper Trails Scams: Incredibly, the US Supreme Court has ruled that bank records enjoy no privacy protection. That’s right, none.

 [The Privacy / Rights Project] EDRI-gram newsletter - Number 6.2, 30 January 2008: The Czech government has accepted the agreement with reservation. CCTV surveillance Both the Ministry of Interior and various city magistrates continue to .

[Thoughts from a Management Lawyer] Blawg Review #157: One of the things I enjoy about blawgs is that I can comfortably sit on the sidelines and watch the trends and developments in other jurisdictions. While my interest is, in some cases, purely academic because of the differences in the legal landscape in Canada, at other times, there is an "Aha!"

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, DNA & Genetics: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati, Healthcare Privacy: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati, Privacy Laws: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati, Genetic Testing: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati, HIPAA: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati, Global Security Watch