In 1996 the United States passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which protects against the unauthorized and non-consensual release of individually identifiable health information to any entity not actively engaged in the provision of healthcare services to a patient.
Por exemplo, en 1996 en Estados Unidos aprobouse a Lei de Responsabilidade e Portabilidade de Seguros de Saúde (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA) que protexe contra a revelación non consensuada nin autorizada de información sobre a saúde identificable individualmente a calquera entidade non dedicada activamente na prestación de servizos sanitarios aos pacientes.