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Government Concedes Opt Out Of NHS Database
News A senior government official agreed on Thursday that patients should be allowed to opt out of having their personal health information put on a centralised medical records database. Earlier this year, officials from the NHS National Programme for...
[June 17, 2005, 17:20]
NHS E-record Opt-out Offered
News Trials of the NHS's controversial electronic patient record system will start in the spring — but patients will be allowed to opt-out of data sharing if they want to. They can correct or amend their record and either consent to sharing it or opt out.
[December 19, 2006, 8:32]
Patients Can 'opt Out' Of NHS IT System
News Patients will be able to "opt out" of having their details stored and shared on the NHS's electronic care record system, according to the government. Speaking at a conference in London last week, health minister Lord Warner confirmed patients will...
[October 31, 2006, 8:45]
Spammers Use 'opt-out' To Install Trojan
News Business email security provider MessageLabs has issued a warning to Internet users not click on the "opt-out" link on spam emails, as the company said it had discovered yesterday a number of messages using this function to open a spam...
[October 6, 2004, 9:55]
Government Concedes Opt Out Of NHS Database
Talkback anderson = tree hugger - clearly this guy needs to wake up and realise that the NHS IT changes will represent a real step forward to getting a 21st century NHS - of course this isnt the only thing that needs to happen but it will make a real...
[June 20, 2005, 9:35]
Government Concedes Opt Out Of NHS Database
Talkback While I understand the bright and shiny intention, I have absolutely no confidence whatsoever that 'they' will get it right. In my dealings with state run resources (NHS, HMRC, Agencies etc) the staff tend to be ok, but embattled, but their IT...
[July 5, 2005, 11:56]
Government Concedes Opt Out Of NHS Database
Talkback A further delay occurred as it turned out (more phone calls by me) that the London hospital was waiting for my local test results etc to decide on the treatment but the local hospital was not aware of this.
[July 5, 2005, 9:34]
Investors Opt Out Of Google Gains
News High-profile Google investors John Doerr and Michael Moritz are taking a hit in the company's revamped IPO, leaving neither to pocket any immediate gains from the much-hyped offering. Google announced on Wednesday that it would not only reduce its...
[August 18, 2004, 16:25]
By Deciding To Opt For Voice Over IP And Outsourcing, Karl Worwag Lack- Und Farbenfabrik Disposed Of All Its Out-of-Date Telecommunications Equipment
White Papers At first it was "Only" the exhausted connection capacity of the existing telephone system, which had been in use since 1991, that caused the team gathered around Head of Information and Knowledge Management at Worwag - to take a closer look at the...
[May 8, 2007, 0:00]
NHS To Allow Opt-outs From Database
News The NHS National Programme for IT has said that patients can opt out of having their records kept on databases only in 'extreme circumstances' He was reported by the BBC as saying that patients could "opt out" of having their records electronically...
[January 18, 2005, 15:50]
Government Acts Over High-tech VAT Fraud
News The UK government has applied to opt out of Europe-wide laws governing VAT, in an attempt to clamp down on criminals who use computer components to commit fraud. Germany and Austria have also put in a request to opt out of part of European VAT law.
[January 27, 2006, 13:25]
Phorm's Underlying Problem - And How To Fix It
Blog Comment The "opt-out" rather than "opt-in" decision is also an easy way for the ISP or whoever to exploit the majority of users' lack of initiative. It would be interesting to know what percentage of users don't even know when there is an opt-out/opt-in...
[March 12, 2008, 9:45]
Black Frog Hops Into Spam Battle
Talkback Opt-Out messages being called a form of DDOS regardless of how they are generated, as long as they still represent a 1 to 1 spam to opt-out message ratio is not an attack, but rather merely a blow for blow defense.
[May 26, 2006, 17:50]
The Crux
Talkback ".as long as the user can opt out. Therein lies the problem.the user should not have to opt OUT, the user should have to opt IN. Requiring someone who wants product A, to explicitily declare that they do not also want product B, is, in my mind...
[May 1, 2008, 17:51]
NHS IT Problems
Blog Only last week Lord Warner was claiming NHS patients would be able to opt out of the massive new NPfIT database, but today the Guardian reports this to be absolute nonsense. Not only will patients not be able to opt out of the system, but those who...
[November 1, 2006, 11:59]
Exposure Good. Sneakiness Bad
Talkback I am all for exposing users to more than just the browser that comes with their system but being sneaky about it whether there is an opt-out option or not is not the way. Apple have every right to promote it's products to it's existing user base...
[April 1, 2008, 17:12]
BCS Joins Calls For Phorm Service To Be Opt-in
News Echoing calls from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which earlier this month stated that Phorm's nascent service must be opt-in rather than opt-out to conform with privacy regulations, British Computer Society (BCS) government...
[April 30, 2008, 16:25]
University Or Certification?
News Deciding what areas to skill up in, what courses to opt for and when to carry out the training is something all IT professionals face. There are the issues about whether to opt for vendor neutral or vendor-specific certification, or if it's...
[September 26, 2002, 10:44]
Blue Security Attack Linked To Blog Crashes
Talkback It merely automates the opt-out process laid down in the US CanSpam legislation. If he declines to do so within the specified timescale he will receive a maximum of 5,000 opt-out requests. I think it's worth pointing out that Blue Security does not...
[May 11, 2006, 15:48]
Is New Legislation Protecting Contractors?
Talkback I am now either routinely asked to opt out prior to my CV being sent across to clients, because the client themselves won't accept opting in candidates. Apparently, contractors are opted in until they opt out.
[December 9, 2004, 18:18]
