Entries tagged with: IMS Health v. Sorrell
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Prescription Privacy Law
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down Vermont's prescription privacy law. IMS Health, Inc. v. Sorrell held that the Vermont statute, which bars disclosure of prescription data for marketing purposes, violates data mining firms' free speech rights. Vermont...
In Data Mining Case, Supreme Court Explores Privacy
A spirited dialogue about the right of privacy dominated oral argument in a Supreme Court case on medical record data mining. Justice Breyer implied that the Federal Trade Commission could prevent existing commercial uses of private medical data by deeming...
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Medical Record Data-mining Case
Oral argument for IMS Health, Inc. v. Sorrell will take place in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The case concerns a state privacy law that seeks to regulate data-mining of prescription records for commercial purposes. EPIC filed...
EPIC Files Amicus Brief on Risk of "Reidentification," Urges US Supreme Court to Uphold Vermont Privacy Law
EPIC has filed an amicus brief in Sorrell v. IMS Health, a case now before the US Supreme Court concerning a state privacy law that seeks to regulate datamining of prescription records for commercial purposes. Datamining companies have challenged the...
Supreme Court to Hear Medical Privacy Case
The Supreme Court granted review of Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., after the Second Circuit Court of Appeal's decision to strike down Vermont's prescription confidentiality law. The law regulates data mining companies that sell or use doctors' prescribing records containing...
Vermont Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Second Circuit's Medical Privacy Decision
The State of Vermont has petitioned the Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeals decision striking down the state's prescription confidentiality law. The law regulates data mining companies that sell or use doctors' prescribing records containing personal information on...
Federal Appeals Court Overturns Vermont Medical Privacy Law
The Second Circuit Court of appeals has ruled that a Vermont privacy law violates the First Amendment. The law regulated data mining companies that sell or use doctors' prescribing records containing personal information on patients. EPIC, and several privacy technology...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maine Prescription Privacy Law
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Maine law that bans the sale of prescriber-identifiable prescription drug data for marketing purposes. Data mining companies had challenged the law, claiming that the privacy measure violated their free speech rights,...
EPIC Urges Appeals Court to Protect Prescription Data
EPIC filed a friend of the court brief in the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today, urging the judges to uphold a Vermont law that regulates companies that sell or use prescriber-identifiable data for marketing. Several data-mining companies...
IMS Health v. Sorrell
Concerning the Use of Prescriber-Identifiable Data for Targeted Marketing Summary | EPIC's Interest | Legal Documents | Related Cases| Useful Resources From EPIC's Advisory Board Members| Maine and New Hampshire Legislation and Litigation | Additional State Legislation | News...
