A identified PHR is like a lifelong mortage
We use to visit other personal health records. Sometimes you find good ideas. Sometimes you find bad ones. The last are probably the most useful. As a medical doctor I take special interest in the “privacy policy”of these services.
Today I found a PHR with this sentence in its “privacy policy” document:
We transfer information about you if “PHR Company, LLC” is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, “PHR Company, LLC” will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Notice that they say “notify” but not “ask for permission”.
So, what does it means?. It really means that your data could be transfered to a third party in case your original PHR is “acquired” by another company… maybe a company you work for… Like in a mortage, you can be pretty sure about the current conditions but not so sure about the conditions 10 years later.
The BIG question here is: why all those new PHR companies are asking you to provide a name, ZIP code or email? Do they need those data to provide you a service? Or are they planning to monetize that information in the future?
Confessors will not ask your name. Why do we?
Tags: privacidad, privacy