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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:08:43 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Bradley Malin <malin () cs cmu edu> Date: November 7, 2005 10:16:37 AM EST To: spaf () cerias purdue edu, mcpherso () purdue edu Cc: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] any references What a great topic! However (and I rarely say this), it appears the topic may be too narrow. Rather than concentrate on armed conflicts and disasters per se, it seems that you are really interested (and correct me if I'm wrong) on the issues of privacy in the face of safety and disaster prevention. To me, this segways directly into issues of national security. In this respect, I would begin with Alan Westin's survey of consumer privacy trends both before and after 9-11. You can find a copy of his presentation from the 2003 CASRO Conference here: ------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.harrisinteractive.com/advantages/pubs/ DNC_AlanWestinConsumersPrivacyandSurveyResearch.pdf
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Also, for a historical account of privacy in the face of technology, some of which relates to government desire to protect the populace, you may want to look into Robert Ellis Smith's following book: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert Ellis Smith. Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity From Plymouth Rock to the Internet. Privacy Journal. 2000.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0930072146/102-0807333-0796954? v=glance&n=283155&v=glance
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alternatively, and this may not be exactly what you are looking for, but when considering "disasters", you may be interested in studying the protection of health records in the face of emergency medical / first response needs. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services published HIPAA adherence guidelines for the Katrina Relief Effort: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/EnforcementStatement.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Also, in the face of disasters, there has been a push in the US government for electronic medical records . And the Markle Foundationdid a recent survey on what consumers want in EMR's, which stressed privacy:
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article: http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37285-1.html Document: http://www.markle.org/downloadable_assets/flo_sustain_healtcare_rpt.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There was also a study done at the emergency rooms in NYU's medical center regarding perceived privacy given various physical protections. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Barlas D, Sama AE, Ward MF, Lesser ML. Comparison of the auditory and visual privacy of emergency department treatment areas with curtains versus those with solid walls. Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Aug;38(2):135-9.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11468607&dopt=Abstract
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nonetheless, personal perceptions on privacy must be taken with a grain of salt. As Alessandro Acquisti's work in the economics of privacy has shown, people tend to be willing to give up privacy for immediate gratification. So think about the implications - if a government offers a person $100 today for access to all of your electronic records for the rest of their life, then it's possible a significant portion of the population would give up their rights to this information: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acquisti A. Privacy in Electronic Commerce and the Economics of Immediate Gratification. Proceedings of ACM Electronic Commerce Conference (EC 04). New York, NY: ACM Press, 21-29, 2004. http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/papers/privacy-gratification.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ regards, Brad ==================================================== Bradley Malin, PhD Candidate Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Institute for Software Research, International http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~malin David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu> Date: November 7, 2005 7:52:08 AM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: For IP Perhaps someone on this list knows some good references.... I am teaching an advanced seminar on privacy this semester. Students are required to do a research project for the final. One of the students has come up with a great idea -- examining what effects disasters and armed conflict have on the privacy (short term and longterm) of both victims and responders. Unfortunately, there appears tobe little published that relates to the topic.If you are aware of any data, publication, study or other material thatsupports this topic, please let me know about it, or else contact the student directly: <mcpherso () purdue edu>. We're hoping to find material he can use so that he doesn't need to pick another, more pedestrian, topic. Thanks in advance. --spaf ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as malin () cs cmu edu To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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