Comments on: HealthVault: Michael Zimmer digs deeper

By: ZDNet Healthcare mobile edition

ZDNet Healthcare mobile edition — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:00:25 +0000

[…] privacy claims have already drawn a rebuttal from Fred Trotter. The interoperability claims, made by HealthVault chief architect Sean Nolan on […]

By: ftrotter

ftrotter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:01:49 +0000

Thanks for commenting…

If they contacted you as a blogging security expert then perhaps they would also talk to me. Feel free to pass on to Robin, that I would be happy to discuss my issues with HealthVault with Microsoft directly. Some of my concerns, including my ideals about software licenses that respect freedom, I am sure they will not be able to address. (That is the kind of issue only Bill himself can address). However, many of my other concerns can be addressed by a proprietary company and I would welcome a friendly chat with them…

By: A little more on HealthVault : business|bytes|genes|molecules

A little more on HealthVault : business|bytes|genes|molecules — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:44:20 +0000

[…] Fred Trotter comments on a post by Michael Zimmer on Microsoft’s HealthVault and Privacy. […]

By: Michael Zimmer

Michael Zimmer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:25:02 +0000

Just to be clear, Microsoft is a funder of the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School, and their grant pays for my fellowship there. I can safely say that I have not personally felt any pressure or influence by Microsoft on my scholarship (or my blog posts).

Also, I don’t know if my being the “Microsoft Fellow” actually granted me any special access. The invitation I received from Robin Bender Ginn, from MSFT’s PR firm Edelman, seemed quite generic, identifying me as a “recognized technology privacy leader,” was sent to my blog e-mail (not my Yale account), and didn’t mention the relationship between ISP and MSFT. It honestly felt like the kind of invitation they probably sent to a dozen like-minded scholars/bloggers, but I don’t really know.

Keep up the good work!