title: Employee benefit plans need to protect privacy of participant information.
abstract: Employee benefit plans need to examine their privacy policies and practices. Three areas of privacy compliance plan administrators should review are the HIPAA privacy regulations, state law claims against employee benefit plans for invasion of privacy and Web site privacy policies.
authors.affiliation: Employee Benefits Group, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D020407:Internet; D016134:Organizational Policy; D014481:United States