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Interview: Shawn Geoffroy and Lisa Chase on land access research

By Mitch Wertlieb | May 8, 2008

Lisa Chase and Shawn Geoffroy of the University of Vermont’s Tourism Data Center are urging the public to get involved and make their concerns known in a series of roundtable discussion on land postings, including one takng place today in Lyndonville. They speak with VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb.

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House debates drug ‘data mining’ law

By Bob Kinzel | February 5, 2008

Last year, the Legislature passed a law that limited the amount of information marketers could get on the drugs that doctors prescribe. But a lawsuit was filed over whether the action was also a limitation on free speech. On Tuesday, the House debated whether to repeal the law altogether or to delay it.

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Interview: Paul Harrington, data mining lawsuit

By Mitch Wertlieb | August 31, 2007

Three data mining companies are suing the state of Vermont, as well as Maine and New Hampshire because new laws in those states are keeping them from getting information they want from doctors.

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Confidential prescription-writing laws challenged

By VPR | August 29, 2007

Companies that collect, analyze and sell medical data filed lawsuits in federal courts in Vermont and Maine today.

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Data company tried to collect Vermonter income info

By VPR | August 9, 2007

The national data company LexisNexis tried to collect some of the personal income data thatâ€™s showing up in Vermont town clerksâ€™ offices.