For those who think the podcast is best when we have a guest from the opposite end of the political spectrum, episode 35 should be a treat. (We’re late this week, but it will be well worth the wait.) Our guest is Julian Sanchez, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute who studies surveillance
HIPPA
A Privacy Law’s “Unintended” But Remarkably Convenient Results
By Stewart Baker on
Posted in Privacy Regulation
HIPAA is an arguably well-intentioned privacy law that seems to yield nothing but “unintended” consequences. I put “unintended” in quotes because the consequences are often remarkably convenient, at least for those with power. I’m not sure you can call something that convenient “unintended.”
The problem has gotten so bad that even National Public Radio and…