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These new regulations have been in the works since December 2009, when the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's president Michael Weinstein petitioned Cal/OSHA's seven-member Standards Board to revise their blood-borne pathogen regulations to include porn makers. Up until that point, the standards mostly were intended for hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical work environments. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has spent years lobbying for tougher STD-prevention standards on the porn industry, wanted specific language addressing the porn industry.
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There are concessions in the new rules: Employers wouldn't have to keep their employees' social security numbers on file, and they'd be able to store the medical records with an off-site physician, who would probably be more capable of keeping those records under lock and key.None of this impresses Preston, though. In the age of the internet, she knows how insecure one's private data can be, having dealt with leaks of information about herself and her family."In one year, a performer easily will work with 30 companies. I mean, imagine having that many companies having your medical records. That seems a little absurd," she said.Related: Does Porn Need Condoms?