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ACLU Says New CDC HIV Testing Recommendations Raise Health and Civil Liberties Concerns (09/21/2006)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union is concerned that the CDC’s new HIV testing recommendations may harm the health of those newly diagnosed with HIV and compromise the civil rights of anyone seeking medical treatment.

ACLU Tells San Francisco Department of Public Health Not to Report Names of People Deceived About HIV Confidentiality (06/02/2006)
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the San Francisco Department of Public Health demanding that the San Francisco City Clinic stop misleading people being tested for HIV about names reporting.

HIV Activists Tell New York Department of Health to Stop Gutting Informed Consent Laws (05/15/2006)
NEW YORK – HIV activists demanded today that the New York State Department of Health stop illegally collecting medical information on people with HIV and stop its illegal end run around New York law requiring informed consent for HIV testing.

ACLU Says CDC Guidelines on HIV Surveillance Could Lead to Better Privacy Protections (12/10/1999)
WASHINGTON -- New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control on HIV surveillance could pave the way for better privacy protections for people with HIV, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

ACLU Expresses Significant Doubts About New Draft of Medical Privacy Bill (06/15/1999)
After weeks of negotiating the differences between three medical records privacy bills introduced this year, Senator James Jeffords, the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, unveiled a new draft of his legislation before his committee today. 

HIV-AIDS : Privacy-Confidentiality : Publications

Why You Should Be Concerned About Comm. Frieden's Proposed Changes to HIV Testing (05/15/2006)

Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society (01/15/2003)

HIV-AIDS : Privacy-Confidentiality : Legal Documents

Challenge to Change in New York HIV Testing Policy - Demand Letter (05/15/2006)

HIV-AIDS : Privacy-Confidentiality : Legislative Documents

Comments on CDC Draft "Guidelines for National HIV Case Surveillance, Including Monitoring for HIV Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)" 63 Fed. Reg. 237, 68289 (01/11/1999)

HIV-AIDS : Privacy-Confidentiality : Resources

ACLU Letter to NY Dept. of Health Regarding Civil Liberties Concerns about HIV Testing and Information Gathering (09/18/2006)

ACLU Letter to NY Dept. of Health Regarding Civil Liberties Concerns about HIV Testing and Information Gathering (09/18/2006)

HIV-AIDS : Privacy-Confidentiality : Court Cases

Challenge to Change in New York HIV Testing Policy (05/15/2006)

HIV-AIDS : Privacy-Confidentiality : Press Releases view all

ACLU Says New CDC HIV Testing Recommendations Raise Health and Civil Liberties Concerns (09/21/2006)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union is concerned that the CDC’s new HIV testing recommendations may harm the health of those newly diagnosed with HIV and compromise the civil rights of anyone seeking medical treatment.

ACLU Tells San Francisco Department of Public Health Not to Report Names of People Deceived About HIV Confidentiality (06/02/2006)
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the San Francisco Department of Public Health demanding that the San Francisco City Clinic stop misleading people being tested for HIV about names reporting.

HIV Activists Tell New York Department of Health to Stop Gutting Informed Consent Laws (05/15/2006)
NEW YORK – HIV activists demanded today that the New York State Department of Health stop illegally collecting medical information on people with HIV and stop its illegal end run around New York law requiring informed consent for HIV testing.

ACLU Says CDC Guidelines on HIV Surveillance Could Lead to Better Privacy Protections (12/10/1999)
WASHINGTON -- New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control on HIV surveillance could pave the way for better privacy protections for people with HIV, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

ACLU Expresses Significant Doubts About New Draft of Medical Privacy Bill (06/15/1999)
After weeks of negotiating the differences between three medical records privacy bills introduced this year, Senator James Jeffords, the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, unveiled a new draft of his legislation before his committee today. 

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