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Your Privacy and Offshore Outsourcing

Posted by michael on from the what-privacy-policy? dept.

An anonymous reader sends in a link to this story about medical transcription work and patient privacy. You probably recall the original story (from around October 2003), but the Chronicle here does a great job of tracing the entire chain of sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-contracting.

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  1. Steps to Profit by x_man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Realize exploitation of 3rd-world labor resources is 10 times cheaper than employing domestic workers
    2. Rationalize bypassing 100 years of labor rights progress by saying free market benefits everybody
    3. Reap short-term profits at expense of nation
    4. Profit!!!