Wow. According to the Washington Post, New York City health labs will be required to report blood sugar test results to the city health department. The results will be monitored for the purpose of tracking the disease and patients and physicians will be prodded when sugar levels look too high. Wow.

I suppose you could say that the City is taking the bull by the horns and dealing with a health issue that is prevalent and often poorly managed. It is, however, just this side of Orwellian and makes me think of Patrick McGoohan (number 6) evading big white balls in the village.

The privacy implications for this kind of monitoring are staggering and highlight the importance of the evolving state of Canadian privacy law.