Is Privacy Now Possible?

The article offers information on the possibility of privacy. Most of the author's legal work centered on violations of medical privacy. As the Executive Director of the HIV Law Project, she has witnessed the effect of medical privacy violations on an extremely vulnerable client population. When family members, neighbors, health or social services personnel reveal a client's HIV status, the disclosure often led to domestic violence, eviction from housing, or other kinds of abuse. She has represented many children who faced discrimination because their teachers had manifested their HIV conditions to other parents and staff. The mandatory HIV testing of newborns and mothers is discussed.