CLOUD: Consortium for Local Ownership and Use of Data, Inc.

Consortium for Local Ownership and Use of Data, Inc.
The Power of People. Connected.

Doctors:

My staff spends too much time collecting and processing insurance information -- and the paper forms we use to collect medical history are so 20th century. Isn't there a better way?

Yes. Technology can guide patients and other professionals tag relevant information as easily as you tag photos on Flickr -- and get more and better information for you even before you see your patient. That gives you more time to zero in on a diagnosis and talk things over with your patient. CLOUD means higher-impact and more focused care.

follow us:

Posts Tagged Online Privacy

The WSJ’s Privacy Debate: Moving Beyond the False Trade-Off

Aug 9

Posted by Gary in CLOUD Standards | No Comments

This past weekend, the Wall Street Journal published two more thoughtful columns in their series on privacy.  Nicholas Carr “penned” an excellent piece titled, “Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty, With Real Dangers,” and Jim Harper penned an equally compelling column, “It’s Modern Trade: Web Users Get as Much as They Give.”

In a weird twist of political philosophy on privacy and liberty, I agree and disagree with them both.  However, I disagree not because Nicholas and Jim are wrong, but because I do not believe that we must accept the assumptions behind their arguments.   Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ,

Wired: Is Online Privacy a Generational Issue?

Oct 3

Posted by Gary in CLOUD Health | No Comments

“It seems like every time I talk to people about privacy, there’s a feeling that younger users of online tools simply don’t care about the issue. Often, I am asked why privacy advocates like CDT push government and industry to protect privacy more robustly- when ‘no one cares’? In short, people seem to be asserting that digital natives like myself do not value privacy online. While this point is oft repeated, I think that this argument is flawed, and does not address the subtleties of privacy in the cloud, social networks, and other new online technologies. Simply put, these technologies are giving digital natives (really, all users) greater control over their information – and we use it.”

CLOUD Take: CLOUD, Inc. agrees with Heather West, policy analyst at the Center for Democracy & Technology, and writer of this guest post at Geek Dad.  The time for greater control of our information has arrived, and the locus of that control should not be at the website but instead at the user, the individual.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , ,