A simple and easily used application has now become available to collect this data through an iPhone. Balacing workers' privacy against the administration of a workers' compensation system has certainly become even more challending. The use of national and international databases for the collection, dissemination and use of this type of data publically, strikes fear in the hearts of injured workers and they become even more reluctant to report both saftey concerns and injuries to employers for fear of discrimination and retaliation.
"The California-based company AOptix rolled out a new hardware and app package that transforms an iPhone into a mobile biometric reader. As first reported by Danger Room in February, AOptix is the recipient of a $3 million research contract from the Pentagon for its on-the-go biometrics technology."
Read he Complete Article:: Now Your iPhone Can Read Fingerprints, Scan Irises and ID Your Face (Wired)
"The California-based company AOptix rolled out a new hardware and app package that transforms an iPhone into a mobile biometric reader. As first reported by Danger Room in February, AOptix is the recipient of a $3 million research contract from the Pentagon for its on-the-go biometrics technology."
Read he Complete Article:: Now Your iPhone Can Read Fingerprints, Scan Irises and ID Your Face (Wired)
Dec 14, 2012
A Federal Court of Appeals has ruled that data stored on a cell is not protected from a governmental search and inspection. Over the last few years the privacy of e-mail was called into question, however the now the permitter ...
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Social networking has become a popular topic within the workers' comp community. In this edition of Workers' Comp Matters, host Attorney Alan S. Pierce, welcomes Attorney Jon L. Gelman, to take a look a social networking ...
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Privacy: Why Injured Workers Are Stalked With Junk Mail and Nuisance Calls. Data sharing is a major problem and its effect on injured workers is becoming more acute. When injured workers contact providers for "more ...
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States, in their to conversion to electronic claims record keeping, have eliminated privacy. The State of California electronically released workers' compensation claim data concerning Nadya Suleman, the mother who gave ...
