...Allen C. Johnston; Merrill Warkentin Purpose The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is US legislation aimed at protecting patient information privacy, but it imposes a significant burden on healthcare employees, especially since the privacy provisions are still evolving...

... traits serving as biometric characteristics are personal data protected by privacy protection legislation. To address related issues, this paper examines these classes of biometrics according to data protection principles, purpose, proportionality and security, provided in international legislation...

... facts. Accordingly, this paper does not constitute legal advice. Broadly speaking, the risk hotspots are: 1. 1 Contract © Company 1999 Legal matters Legislation Regulations The risk of a business failure or interruption occurring as a result of the Y2K...

...Graham Collier Distinguishes between confidentiality and privacy of information held on individuals, the latter by companies, but doubts that privacy,where applicable, is respected by many companies in view of the cumulative value of such information as a power asset. Details recent legislation...

... uninvolved, to make a larger contribution both towards the debate and towards funding for the project. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Codes of practice Ethics Genetic engineering International law Legislation Social responsibility 4 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER SECURITY 1,5 The Australian...

... Limited 1993 Genetic testing International law Legislation Patents LEGAL ASPECTS 15 Reports on the International Workshop on Human Genome Project, including legal aspects, held in Bilbao, Spain, 24-26 May 1993. Legal Aspects of the Human Genome Project: Reflections on the Bilbao Conference...