title: Cyberinfo: privacy and personal health data in cyberspace.
abstract: In this series of articles, the author discusses the potential risks, benefits, and liabilities in using electronic communications and computer-based record keeping for patients' medical data. Article #1 in this series reviews the foundations of privacy for personal information and the current practices of collecting disaggregated private personal and medical data made possible on the Internet by software and hardware configurations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington School of Dentistry, USA. jimyd@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003792:Dental Records; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States