This video series is made available from the Northern Kentucky University Law Review Symposium in conjunction with the NKU Chase Law & Informatics Institute. This collection of materials from the March1-2, 2012 provides a permanent collection of the exceptional presentations provided by the participants. This video features Anne Gilliland on the topic of Privacy and Confidentiality. From the program abstract: Privacy and Confidentiality Issues in Historical Health Sciences Collections Presented by Anne Gilliland and Judith Wiener Special collections professionals in institutions with health sciences history collections must preserve and provide access to the historical record while respecting the confidences of those whose lives are reflected in the records. The requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) have made these two duties more difficult because the Act’s Privacy Rule places no time limit on the bounds of confidentiality or privacy for the records it covers. The rationale that concerns about hereditary diseases and genetic risks might continue after the subjects’ deaths. This creates significant concerns and challenges for special collections librarians and archivists and for historical researchers who work with material subject to HIPAA’s requirements. In the past, archivists and special collections librarians have often used professional judgments and general rules of thumb, such as “grandfather” thresholds, for …

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