HIPAA's Effect on Web Site Privacy Policies

  • Authors:
  • Annie I. Anton;Julia B. Eart;Matthew W. Vail;Neha Jain;Carrie M. Gheen;Jack M. Frink

  • Affiliations:
  • North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Security and Privacy
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Healthcare institutions typically post their privacy practices online as privacy policy documents. A study of nine institutions with Web sites shows that since the introduction of the 1996 Health Information and Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA), privacy policies are more descriptive but haven't necessarily improved online privacy practices.