Re: [WG-UMA] Do Promises To Use "Best Efforts" To Protect Data Really Require Unreasonable Action? - Data Protection Report

Posting on behalf of Deborah: BRAVO EVE! We almost ALWAYS start with the standard definition of privacy in US law (ie, the right to control access to and use of pii) because HHS and Congress have NEVER defined the word for the healthcare system. That is clearly a deliberate decision. If there is no definition, there can be no discussion about its meaning and everyone can claim they protect privacy. FYI----in 2006 NCVHS proposed a definition of privacy to HHS, BUT never, ever has one been chosen—allowing all the slippery conflation and blurring of security and privacy. I used to joke that we can’t even talk about it without a definition---so please just choose one, any one, but we need a legal definition even if we disagree on it! NCVHS privacy definition: “In this report, we have adopted definitions from the recent Institute of Medicine publication, “Disposition of the Air Force Health Study" (2006).” “Health information privacy is an individual's right to control the acquisition, uses, or disclosures of his or her identifiable health data.” From the NCVHS June 2006, Report to HHS Sec. Leavitt, on "Privacy and Confidentiality in the Nationwide Health Information Network". Best! deb On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Eve Maler wrote:

Agree. The way I usually end up talking about this is: Though in the EU the official phrase is "data protection" (GDPR has it right in the name), this phrase seems to imply mostly "not accidentally letting stuff out" -- the security part. But it's clear that organizations must also *choose* to act in certain ways. It often goes to the very core of why they *choose* to exist (business models). And note that GDPR, and increasingly other regs, include way more than what I would put in the bucket of "mere data protection"...yeah, I know I'm abusing the official phrase when I say that.

But it proves that UMAnitarians have been right all along when we've said that privacy isn't secrecy, it's not encryption, but rather context, control, choice, and respect. :)

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On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Adrian Gropper wrote:

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Hey John,

Thanks for pointing this out. It's a spectacular example of why we should not confuse security and privacy. What sounds "reasonable" for security (per the article) is gibberish for privacy. Privacy, as NIST very nicely explains, is different from security in that the system is behaving as designed. The sale or misuse of data is intentional and hidden, sometimes at additional cost, by the entity. (This is also why I think the construct "Privacy by Design" does more harm than good.)

So, as John says, it's important for us to be mindful of "best efforts" and be very clear when diluting the responsibility of the entity with respect to privacy.

Adrian

On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 3:03 PM John Wunderlich wrote:

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​In UMA legal and the Information Sharing workgroups, it will be important to be mindful of 'best practices' vs 'reasonable efforts'.

http://www.dataprotectionreport.com/2017/05/do-promises-to- use-best-efforts-to-protect-data-really-require-unreasonable-action/

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