April 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

[twila@cchc-mn.org: RELEASE: Privacy Rule Not Complete]
by declan＠well.com 13 Apr '01

13 Apr '01

----- Forwarded message from Twila Brase <twila(a)cchc-mn.org> ----- PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release April 13, 2001 ====================================== Citizens' Council on Health Care 1954 University Ave. W., Suite 8 St. Paul, MN 55104 http://www.cchc-mn.org ============================= CONTACT: Twila Brase, R.N., President 651-646-8935p ============================= Privacy Rule Not Complete St. Paul, Minnesota--While some privacy advocates are cheering the Bush Administration's decision to move ahead with the privacy rule, other groups say the rule contains less privacy than meets the eye. "We are pleased that the concept of patient consent has been retained by the Bush Administration, however, the rule still allows government officials and law enforcement to access medical records without patient consent or a search warrant." says Twila Brase, R.N., President of Minnesota-based Citizens' Council on Health Care (CCHC). FEDERAL LICENSE TO INTRUDE Little attention has been focused on the section of the rule which provides disclosures without authorization. The rule allows health care professionals, health plans, hospitals, and data clearinghouses to disclose medical data without patient consent to law enforcement agents, public health agencies, public policy and medical researchers, government officials, and other groups, such as organ transplant organizations. There is no requirement to comply with requests for disclosure, however, disclosure without consent is specifically permitted. "The rule provides a federal license to intrude. It permits keepers of patient data to disclose confidential information without patient consent for public health purposes, police investigations, and medical and policy research" says Brase. She says the result of this will be: * more individuals and groups claiming to be involved in public policy and medical research gaining access to medical records. * centralized and nationally linked patient databases built by state and federal government officials. * dismissal of citizens' Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure without a search warrant. The rule also gives the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) full access to medical records to enforce the provisions of the privacy rule. "What everyone seems to have missed in this privacy rule is that to a certain extent, private medical records have just been deemed public property." Brase asserts. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CAN SHARE DATA Brase says the patient consent requirements should extend to all access and disclosures of medical records. If law enforcement cannot get consent, they should be required to get a court order or a search warrant prior to access, she says. Brase points out that once government and law enforcement officials have the data, there is no requirement for them to follow the rule: "There's nothing in the rule to keep government officials from sharing, linking, trading, transferring or selling the data if they so choose." CHANGES TO BE MADE HHS will be making revisions to the rule for the next 12 months, a period in which CCHC hopes that government access will be trimmed by patient consent and search warrant requirements. "Goverment access is a huge loophole in the privacy rule. Either patient privacy is protected or it is not. There can be no half loaf of privacy, because once the data is out, it can go anywhere," Brase asserts. ### Citizens' Council on Health Care is a non-profit health care policy organization located in St. Paul, Minnesota. ************************************************************* A citizens resource for designing the future of health care ************************************************************* Citizens' Council on Health Care 1954 University Ave.W., Suite 8 St. Paul, MN 55104 651-646-8935 phone 651-646-0100 fax http://www.cchc-mn.org ************************** NOTE: If you do not wish to receive this email, contact CCHC to remove your name from the list. Thank you. ----- End forwarded message -----

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13 Apr '01

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by Jim Choate 13 Apr '01

13 Apr '01

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13 Apr '01

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by pwrof1 Marketing 13 Apr '01

13 Apr '01

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Re: GPS bugs (was: Jim Bell Trial: Third Day (fwd))
by auto211076＠hushmail.com 13 Apr '01

13 Apr '01

> At 07:22 PM 4/11/01 -0800, auto211076(a)hushmail.com wrote: > >> From what little I know of GPS, the receiver [sic --antenna] must be > able to "see sky." > >Other speculation was that it might have been inside a vinyl bumper. > > Also you should think patch (ie flat) antennae as a possibility. That idea had occurred to me--something solid state that could be rolled up, twisted around (somewhat), and stuck into some nook or cranny. > >Gordon's testimony was that it was a continuously-transmitting bug. > Which > >of course brought up the question of the power supply. > > Second rate equiptment. Even the russians have burst-bugs now. Remember that we're dealing with the testimony of techno-naive people. On the other hand, maybe all that the IRS gets is leftovers. > >The bug transmitted on an RF frequency. Bell had mentioned to friends > >that he believed that he had been bugged, but lacking an RF frequency > > analyzer, he had been unable to find the bug. He apparently was > >concerned that both his house and car were bugged. Although why he > > didn't hire the services of a "bug-sweeper" is beyond me. > > Didn't Bell use a field strenth meter (output to vibrator in pocket) > to direction-find the spook in the Libertarian Party meetings? I was wondering that myself. > >The power supply was a considerable source of speculation. If the bug > >had been attached to the battery, then it would have been much more > > detectable. Stories had it that Bell had checked under the hood; it would > >not take more than a VOM to detect a discharge. > > The picture of Gerry Adams holding the GPS bug that MI-5 planted in his > car last year (during a truce, heh) shows a rectangular box about the > size of a man's forearm; this could hold plenty of joules. A motion > sensor would be pretty clever for waking the thing from sleep mode, > to conserve power. No doubt such a device could broadcast continuously for some time; however it would be difficult to hide from a determined, even if amateur, searcher. It would make sense for the device to have a motion sensor built in. The power it would require at rest to maintain a "sleep mode" would barely register on a VOM. > Sounds like the Ultranoids need to monitor the weight of their car > before operating. Kind of tough. I've been thinking in terms of embedding various silent tamper sensors. > >If you weren't on the radar before, you are now. > > > >So are you planning on rooming with Jim or C.J.? > > Jim sounds moody; does CJ's tourettes' really make him spit, > or did the Mountie deserve it (or both)? Considering that he'd just taken CJ's computer, I wonder if he didn't deserve it. The one thing that has struck me about this case is how many of Jim Bell's computers have been seized over the years and not returned. Even computers which federal agents testified in court were not used by Bell. Bell's parents use email themselves, so the seizure of all the computers not only targets Jim, it deprives his innocent parents of access. Collateral damage, I suppose. Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com

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