Cops may someday be searching private medical records in search of criminals, according to some medical privacy experts who cite increasing automation of medical records combined with broad exemptions for law enforcement in new medical privacy regulations. "I'm very concerned about . . .
Cops may someday be searching private medical records in search of criminals, according to some medical privacy experts who cite increasing automation of medical records combined with broad exemptions for law enforcement in new medical privacy regulations. "I'm very concerned about the possibility of medical records becoming a vast law enforcement database," said Ronald Weich, a legislative consultant to the ACLU. "It's only a matter of time before the police see how convenient it would be to search medical records to find suspects."

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