[Med-privacy] Medical Information Being Sold Online

[Peter Marshall]

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September 08, 2005

Medical Information Being Sold Online

For a mere $150 per thousand names, one can buy lists of people with 
asthma, allergies, diabetes, cardiac conditions, thyroid disorders, 
arthritis, psychiatric disorders, and people in menopause. The new 
database has 2.8 million people in it, and the information was 
collected through telephone surveys.
Ailments and Health Issues
  More than 2.8 million individuals with selectable ailments or medical 
conditions are named on the Ailments and Health Issues prospecting file 
from Next Dimension. The source is a telephone survey.
  Selections: Monthly hotline, age, ethnicity, gender, homeowner, 
income, length of residence, marital status, telephone numbers, 
presence of children, high blood pressure, asthma, allegeries, 
indigestion, diabetes, cardiac condition, thyroid disorders, arthritis, 
psychiatric disorders, menopause, state/SCF/ZIP
  Price: $150/M
  Contact: VentureDirect Worldwide, Nancy Liddane at 212-655-5153 or 
nliddane@ven.com

There oughta be a law, right? Well there are federal and state medical 
privacy laws. But they don't apply when individuals give their medical 
information to strangers outside the doctor's office. And those 
strangers don't have to tell you why they are collecting personal 
information or what they are going to do with it.

A key rule in privacy is minimization. Don't give your personal 
information away unless you need to. There is no need to participate in 
telephone surveys, and those who did are now for sale to anyone....

[EPIC West Coast]
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<bold><fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param><bigger><x-tad-bigger>September
08, 2005


Medical Information Being Sold Online


</x-tad-bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param><bigger><x-tad-bigger>For
a mere $150 per thousand names, one can buy lists of people with
asthma, allergies, diabetes, cardiac conditions, thyroid disorders,
arthritis, psychiatric disorders, and people in menopause. The
</x-tad-bigger><color><param>0000,0000,9999</param><x-tad-bigger>new
database</x-tad-bigger></color><x-tad-bigger> has 2.8 million people
in it, and the information was collected through telephone surveys.

</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Ailments and Health Issues</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>

</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> More than 2.8 million individuals with
selectable ailments or medical conditions are named on the Ailments
and Health Issues prospecting file from Next Dimension. The source is
a telephone survey.</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>

</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Selections: Monthly hotline, age,
ethnicity, gender, homeowner, income, length of residence, marital
status, telephone numbers, presence of children, high blood pressure,
asthma, allegeries, indigestion, diabetes, cardiac condition, thyroid
disorders, arthritis, psychiatric disorders, menopause, state/SCF/ZIP</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>

</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Price: $150/M</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>

</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Contact: VentureDirect Worldwide, Nancy
Liddane at 212-655-5153 or nliddane@ven.com</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>


There oughta be a law, right? Well there are federal and state medical
privacy laws. But they don't apply when individuals give their medical
information to strangers outside the doctor's office. And those
strangers don't have to tell you why they are collecting personal
information or what they are going to do with it.


A key rule in privacy is minimization. Don't give your personal
information away unless you need to. There is no need to participate
in telephone surveys, and those who did are now for sale to anyone....


[EPIC West Coast]</x-tad-bigger></bigger></fontfamily>
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