Google to Store Patients' Health Records, Raising Privacy Concerns.
The pilot project to be announced Thursday will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic who volunteered to an electronic transfer of their personal health records so they can be retrieved through Google's new service, which won't be open to the general public.Yes. No one ever hacks computer data bases and steals sensitive info. Or maybe all one needs to do is 'google it'.
But the health venture also will provide more fodder for privacy watchdogs who believe Google already knows too much about the interests and habits of its users as its computers log their search requests and store their e-mail discussions. If the medical records aren't protected by HIPPA, the information conceivably also could be used for marketing purposes.Don't be evil. Don't use googlag.
