Wed, 03 Oct 2007

Dead woman's medical records case could undermine FOI law

This is a UK ruling, but it asks some interesting questions that could impact a lot of areas beyond the medical. For example, consider the barriers that these kinds of rulings could raise in the field of genealogy.

A dead woman's medical records should not be released because a duty of confidentiality survives her death, the Information Tribunal has ruled. The decision backs an earlier ruling by the Information Commissioner.

(link) [The Register]

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