Protecting Your Internet Identity by Ted Claypoole

Author:Ted Claypoole [Claypoole, Ted]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

At Least You Have Your Health

In the United States, many of your online activities are not protected by privacy laws. The law protects only certain types of information that is used in certain ways. For example, information regarding your health is protected when you provide it to medical professionals. However, that same medical information may not be protected if you share it online in discussions with Facebook friends or with a website that asks you to take a quiz about your physical fitness.

If you explain the state of your pregnancy to prospective employers at Monster.com or to a travel insurance company online, that health information may not be protected under law. Similarly, if you share your genetic information with an online company promising to provide information about your ancestry, the data are not protected by health information laws. The law only protects information you provide to certain healthcare professionals such as doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies so that they can provide healthcare analysis or treatment.

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