CASE STUDY (Chapter 4)

Discussion Questions

1. What type of security breaches of medical record are commonly today?

-The most common ones are viruses and worms that are usually acquired by carelessness of data handling .

    

2. What measures are being taken by the government and private industry to safeguard EHR's?

- The government has the  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , which is an act to protect the confidentiality of the healthcare user and data

    

3. How do you think the implementation of ARRA will affect the privacy of our healthcare and personal data? What breaches do you foresee? How can they be forestalled?

- The  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or the Act) in February 2009 has some issues regarding the privacy of the users health care and data.The security of the users data should always be considered.
 

Discussion Questions

1. How does Google's business model use personal data?

  

- To help the business move forward and become more profitable,theres a description of a business and a plan called Business model. Operations and functions of the business it is describing.

2. What do you think are the major privacy concerns raised by Google's business model and applications?

   

- The technology was very open to the public and so others can sneak on it is ther major privacy concerns.

3. Do you think Google has taken adequate measures to protect its user's privacy? Explain your answer.

- Yes, because it contains the personal information of the users. Also they have the policy to consider.