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  • July 7
    Deven McGraw will be a panelist at the workshop "Understanding the Interest and Needs of Consumers in the Use of Genomic-based Health Information Services," sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
  • July 10
    Ari Schwartz will speak on a panel at the CQ Forum on Technology: Privacy in a Digital Age in Washington, DC.
  • July 23
    Deven McGraw will speak on a panel entitled "The Privacy Imperative: Protecting Patient Privacy While Facilitating the Use of EMRs and Health Information Exchange," at the 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on The Road to Interoperability, hosted by the World Health Care Congress, in Boston, MA.
  • July 24
    Deven McGraw will speak on the implications for states of the rise of Internet-based personal health records at the National Conference of State Legislatures' Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
  • July 24 - 25
    Greg Nojeim will be a panelist at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office public workshop on Implementing Privacy Protections in Government Data Mining.
  • August 9
    Greg Nojeim will discuss the need to reassess the privacy protections afforded to business records at a panel at the American Bar Association's annual conference in New York City.
  • August 13
    Alissa Cooper will speak about IP address and location privacy issues at the Safety Net Training of Trainers in Pittsburgh, PA.
  • August 19 - 20
    Jim Dempsey will speak on two panels on privacy issues at the Harvard privacy symposium, Cambridge, MA.
  • August 19 - 20
    Deven McGraw will give a presentation and participate in a panel on health privacy at the Harvard Privacy Symposium and 16th National HIPAA Summit, Cambridge, MA.
  • September 22
    Deven McGraw will moderate a panel on the application of RFID in health care at the Trans-Atlantic Symposium in Washington, D.C.
 
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CDT Endorses Policy Framework for Consumer Health Record Services

CDT has joined prominent health care providers, Internet companies, insurers, and other consumer advocates in endorsing a set of practices for new Internet services that allow individuals to access and maintain their personal health information. The framework, developed in a collaborative process organized by the Markle Foundation, recommends a detailed and comprehensive set of practices that can help protect the privacy and security of Personal Health Records (PHRs) and other services. June 26, 2008

Connecting for Health Framework June 24, 2008 [off-site]

CDT Policy Post: Privacy and Security Principles for Health Information Technology

CDT issued a policy post today on the topic of Privacy and Security Principles for Health Information Technology. In the document, CDT emphasizes the importance of building privacy and security into e-health systems from the outset and identifies the basic requirements of a comprehensive privacy and security framework for health information technology. The document makes several suggestions for Congress to consider when crafting legislation; it also calls on federal lawmakers to build a comprehensive framework for e-health through the enactment of incremental, workable policy solutions. June 24, 2008

CDT Policy Post 14.9 June 24, 2008

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CDT Urges Congress to Reject FISA Amendment Legislation June 19, 2008
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CDT Urges Stronger Guidelines for Behavioral Advertising June 12, 2008
CDT Highlights Privacy and Security Impact of Tax Reporting Plan June 12, 2008
Congressional Investigation of ISP Data Collection Scheme Urged June 06, 2008
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