“The online culture is changing, shifting toward affording individuals more control over their personal information, as evidenced by the rollout last week of revisions to the privacy and security policies and technological framework by Facebook, a popular personal media site.
Privacy and IT industry experts interviewed for this story say the fine-grained levels of personal control incorporated by Facebook demonstrate a “proof of concept” that a similar, so-called “granular” consent-management system could provide a template for personalized privacy protection in the healthcare industry.”
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Joseph Conn, Modern Healthcare, 14 December 2009
