sharona hoffman, "big data and the americans with disabilities act: amending the law to cover...
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BIG DATA AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
PROFESSOR SHARONA HOFFMAN
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
HOW EMPLOYERS OBTAIN MEDICAL BIG DATA
• TRADITIONAL -MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND INQUIRIES
• SOCIAL MEDIA
•WELLNESS PROGRAMS
• DATA BROKERS
DATA DE-IDENTIFICATION
• RISK OF RE-IDENTIFICATION CANNOT BE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED
• DE-IDENTIFIED DATA ITSELF CAN ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO DETERMINE THAT CERTAIN ATTRIBUTES ARE UNDESIRABLE
DISEASE PREDICTION
• CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN BEHAVIORS OR TRAITS AND DISEASE VULNERABILITY
• BIOMARKERS
• DATA ALGORITHMS
•OTHER PREDICTORS – E.G. BICYCLE PURCHASES, VOTING, CREDIT SCORES
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
• DEFINITION OF “DISABILITY”
• PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES
• RECORD OF SUCH IMPAIRMENT
• BEING REGARDED AS HAVING IMPAIRMENT
RECOMMENDED ADA REVISIONS
• EXPAND “REGARDED AS” PROVISION TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS PERCEIVED AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT IN FUTURE
• CONSISTENT WITH GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)