Supreme Court Weighs Whether To Limit Data Mining

The suit, resulting from a law to protect privacy information on behalf doctors in Vermont, addresses the issue of whether MD's prescribing habits can be mined and sold to the pharmaceutical industry without the approval of the doctors themselves.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/26/135703500/supreme-court-weighs-whether-to-limit-data-mining?ft=1&f=1001