Whose Business Is Your Pancreas? Potential Privacy Problems in New York City's Mandatory Diabetes Registry

Authors

Harold J. Krent, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Nicholas Gingo, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Monica Kapp, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Rachel Moran, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Mary Neal, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Meghan Paulas, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Puneet Sarna, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Sarah Suma, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Abstract

This article examines a recent New York City health regulation that mandates the compilation and storage of individual medical data from nearly all diabetics in a centralized registry. The authors distinguish this novel registry from prior health registries and scrutinize its potential to compromise individual privacy. In order to address privacy and other concerns, the authors offer suggestions for changes to the current statutory framework of the registry that will also be useful when considering the creation of similar public health registries in other cities.

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Recommended Citation

Harold J. Krent , Nicholas Gingo , Monica Kapp , Rachel Moran , Mary Neal , Meghan Paulas , Puneet Sarna & Sarah Suma Whose Business Is Your Pancreas? Potential Privacy Problems in New York City's Mandatory Diabetes Registry, 17 Annals Health L. 1 (2008).
Available at: https://lawecommons.luc.edu/annals/vol17/iss1/3