Thomas Lee's Too Much Privacy Is A Health Hazard?

With the rise of technological advancements, the need for privacy increases as online records are hacked, cameras seem to be everywhere, and records that should be confidential are public. Some would say that privacy is a barrier that could become potentially dangerous due to the denial of access to important documents such as medical records, while others would argue that privacy is an inalienable right no matter the circumstance. However, this debate is simply not black and white, and the solution is to enact laws that grant companies the access to information only after they have been given permission from the owner of said information.
The article, “Too Much Privacy is a Health Hazard,” by Thomas Lee, discusses the role of privacy in
Lee makes a good argument about making medical records accessible through online record keeping and how it would ensure privacy, because, “anyone who opens a secure electronic record leaves an electronic fingerprint (612).” However, everything should still be accessible only after the patient has given permission, because that is the case with other situations such as banking information for loan purposes. As another example, when someone is on life support, doctors must ask the family of the patient for permission before taking them off life support. This should be the same procedure when accessing a patient’s records, because even though it seems tedious for the doctors, it still grants control to the
This is shown through the regards to no legislations ever being made to prevent the infringement of privacy, which is due to the fact that there are companies specifically made to buy and sell various forms of information that shouldn’t be accessible including medical records. Herbert references a report called, “Nothing sacred: The Politics of Privacy,” and states “Congress first heard testimony that there were problems keeping medical records confidential in 1971. But it still has not passed legislation designed to curb the abuse