Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

 [Untitled] Google Health Ails in Infancy! Privacy Concerns!: I hereby authorize Google to share the health information contained in my Google Health profile(s) in its entirety, to only those entities and individuals I designate, for the purpose of providing me with medical care and for the purpose of sharing my information with others that I choose.

 [Alobar Greywalker: Magickal Record (aka Frater PVN, LA-BAJ-AL)] Treasury proposes forcing credit card companies to act as IRS agents: These "data retention" proposals would force the creation of massive, privately maintained databases of personally identifiable data that government investigators could tap at their leisure. What's particularly troubling about this trend is that it occurs against the backdrop of measures like the PATRIOT Act that weaken the legal standards that protect ordinary Americans against undue government snooping.

[Tree of Knowledge] Google Health: I’m not saying that I think Google wouldn’t be sensitive to the privacy implications of this data - it’s in its interests to protect the privacy of its users - I’m just saying that at the moment there aren’t sufficient consequences for the misuse of this information.

 [Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy.] UK Wants Single Government Database of Phone Calls, E-mails: David Davis, Conservative member of Parliament, said, “Given [ministers’] appalling record at maintaining the integrity of databases holding people’s sensitive data, this could well be more of a threat to our security, than a support.”

[Personal Health Information Privacy] NHS disc containing sensitive data lost: A computer disc containing the medical records of more than 38,000 NHS patients went missing when it was sent to a software company to be backed up - in case the records got lost.

 [The Whistler's Ear] How the Bush Administration is NOT protecting consumer information!: In other words, from January 2005, until May 2008, the FTC had brought enforcement action for negligence in the protection of sensitive consumer information (as covered by the financial privacy mandate) in 1.8% of reported data breaches.

 [Dannielles Blog] Data Protection: Why and How: Data protection begins with the type of privacy agreements which you will often see when you’re asked to enter personal information into a website. This is the first stage of data protection - communication, ensuring that all those who are party to information exchange agree on what constitutes private data.

[Eye on FDA] Google Health: Once you've opened a window and accessed your Google Health profile, you don't have to re-enter your password every time you access Google Health using that same window after navigating to another Web page. That, in turn, means that a stranger could use your computer and accidentally come across your records merely by going to the Google Health site if you've left the browser open. 

[blog of bile] UK: Home Office looking to create national database with details ...: The shadow home secretary, David Davis, said: “Given [ministers’] appalling record at maintaining the integrity of databases holding people’s sensitive data, this could well be more of a threat to our security than a support.”

[Dotless Domain Technology] Excerpted from Googles Official Blog: Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to collect, store, and manage their own medical records online.    For the healthcare industry, online personal health records (PHRs) aren’t a new idea and, in some cases, online PHRs already exist for patients. Here’s what we think sets Google Health apart:   

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