Privacy Scenarios


  • a man distributes a Public Health dept list of HIV positive men to prospective partners
  • a physician reviews the networked records of her ex-spouse
  • a Kenyan web site sells alleged medical record information to prospective neighbors, dates, employers
  • your insurance company learns that, contrary to your application, you smoke. Eat fatty food. RollerBlade.

See also: Dark Visions, Internet Privacy Advocates

IMR Glossary Last revised: 16 Mar 2002
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John Faughnan.