[Med-privacy] FTC

[peter marshall]

FTC ISSUES HEALTH IT BREACH RULE
[SOURCE: CongressDaily, AUTHOR: Andrew Noyes]
On Monday the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule requiring  
certain Web-based businesses to notify consumers when the security of  
their electronic health information is breached. Congress directed the  
consumer protection agency to issue the rule as part of the economic  
stimulus package and it applies to both vendors of personal health  
records - which provide online repositories that people can use to  
keep track of their health information - and entities that offer third- 
party applications for personal health records. Such applications  
include devices such as blood pressure cuffs or pedometers whose  
readings consumers can upload into their personal health records.
http://benton.org/node/27202