Privacy as an Asset

Many attempts to define privacy have been made over the last century. Early definitions and theories of privacy had little to do with the concept of information and, when they did, only in an informal sense. With the advent of information technology, the question of a precise and universally acceptable definition of privacy in this new domain became an urgent issue as legal and business problems regarding privacy started to accrue. In this paper, I propose a definition of informational privacy that is simple, yet strongly tied with the concepts of information and property. Privacy thus defined is similar to intellectual property and should receive commensurate legal protection

New genetic tests, new research findings: Do patients and participants have a right to know – and do they have a right not to know?

In the context of the systematic genotyping of UK Biobank’s participants and the piloting of non-invasive pre-natal testing within the screening pathway for Down syndrome, this paper considers the plausibility, basis, scope, and weight of the claim that participants and patients have a right to know as well as a right not to know the results of the genetic analysis undertaken. It also considers the possible relevance to these issues of the landmark decision of the UK Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board

Understanding and implementing privacy services : a CPA\u27s resource

Appendix D on CD-Rom at the back of the book was converted to a PDF file and attached to the end of the PDF for Understanding and Implementing Privacy Services . The other files on the CD-Rom are duplicated in the main text of the book and not copied over.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aicpa_guides/1306/thumbnail.jp