we have lawsuits you can bring, statutes like hipaa that protects your medical information.tes deals with these issues on unique basises, it doesn't have a broad idea of hey, google you decide what's private and what's not. >> everything is out there on cyber space. we may have hipaa and you do a search and google doesn't restrict the links it will be there. it is up to them to say we will delete the links if somebody asks them. >> they have no way of enforcing that -- >> no, there's no statute in the united states that makes this a requirement. >> let's take this to another level then. we're talking about national security. we've had a debate where there was a exchange between senator paul and governor christie about exchange of our privacy. if they do this if we can follow through with what france is saying, europe is saying would that be an infringement on our national security by having that information out there? am i asking the question the right way? >> it can be. because certain things are out there, whether it be security information, and it's easily accessible thro

and this is not a hipaa violation.why are employees sometimes accused of violation. >> i think it's a function of confusion on the part of supervisors. v.a. is appropriately very protective of protected patient care information, and not all supervisors are aware of the right of employees to provide that information to this committee and to other oversight bodies. >> miss lerner, what changes have occurred in the office of special counsel since last year's hearing? is there anything that substantially changed in the office? >> well, we have many more cases to investigate in the last year. we've been able to do a little bit of hiring. we have been able to hire someone to work full time on v.a. cases and the expedited review system and hire additional staff to work the cases. i mean, our process works. we've been getting relief for whistleblowers. we are getting people back to work. we are getting them stays of adverse personnel actions. you know, people, you know, i think feel more comfortable and know about us, so we're

. >> that's hipaa. the hipsters will like that, due to. [laughter] spent only one person only knows what hipsters means. i'm the youngest one there at 35 years. >> that's a fantastic place to india. thank you for joining me. i really appreciated. >> thank you all. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> okay. i just got yelled at backstage because i've been forgetting to hold ont onto the chip we have a whole giveaway think we're doing that i just learned about. if you like go pro, everybody knows what ago progress, right? not one hand you guys are active and engaged. i appreciate the. you all the way to produce. we have the new black would like with ahead now, literally everything you could need with the go pro we've got backstage. our winner will be selected in some way that i don't understand at all but put a selfie avicel instagram at techcrunch disrupt and we will choose on the third day. gauchos on the third day, seventh victim something like that become excited about this next bill because this is a taste of the future. we are going to talk about modern

time of crisis and i was thinking we could begin by thinking about the current state of affairs and hipaa just think about the last week we have a pretty dramatic way for thinking about this moment. in the past we have encountered the death of two black women in police custody candor chapman was only 10 years old and sandra bland. shortly before that the mass murder at emanuel church in charleston. we celebrated, that's probably the wrong word but remembered the anniversary of eric garner's death and so much has happened betwixt and between these moments. we have also had the data come out in the last week that 40% of black children live in poverty. it's the first time the absolute number exceeds the number of -- and so i want to begin by asking the question of all of you the question that dr. king asked in 1967, where do we go from here? >> all right all right, i will start. i think there are some people in the audience who share with me having lived through the 1960s and having gone through the 60s and then coming back around gives you a real sense, if you want to be pessimistic about i

we have lost records because of hipaa. if you put too much a line run privacy, you are trading off policies that we can design. consumers should be able to make a reasoned decision about what they are willing to give up in exchange for privacy. i think this is premature for congress to say this is the line we are trying. -- are drawing. there should be a national consensus about what she be protected. >> should there be at least notice to consumers? >> i think there should be notice. >> you do think the government should mandate notice? >> the ftc has significant jurisdiction in this area. if the law is unclear, which i do not believe it is yet. >> so the law is clear enough that the ftc should include a notice, and we leave it alone for the time being. >> they are provided sufficient guidance. i don't think there is a need yet. >> you are saying the ftc is handle it -- handling it so far. >> before we close new services and new information, rather than a jump in, i think we should take a deep breath. >> let's say that cov

if you're nervous ask the questions, the providers provide information under hipaa, health insurancey and affordability health care act. check your responsibilities and with checking your credit report. check to make sure looking for fraudulent activity. your bills accurate and reflect your treatment and care. connell: greg bell, 81% of the health care executives say they have had information compromised. thanks very much for explaining all of that and good advice as well. still ahead the last crucial hour of the trading day. as we move to that, we'll talk to liz claman ma. she has been settings up shop this week, a crazy week at new york stock exchange. now the markets are up 300 plus. liz is next. ♪ i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp med