American Civil Liberties Union

Medical Privacy

Medical information is arguably the most personal and private sources of data about us, yet privacy protections in this area are inadequate. The relentless commercialization of information has led to the breakdown of doctor-patient confidentiality. Citizens share some of their most intimate and embarrassing secrets with their doctors on the old-fashioned assumption that their conversations are confidential. Yet those details are routinely shared with insurance companies, researchers, marketers, and employers. More