I just ran across the judgment for an interesting case involving privacy and opt-in consent for disclosing personally identifiable information (PII)…
Archive for February, 2009
Judgment For Disclosing PII To Business Partners: Explicit Opt-In Is Required
Friday, February 27th, 2009Judgment For Disclosing PII To Business Partners: Explicit Opt-In Is Required
Friday, February 27th, 2009I just ran across the judgment for an interesting case involving privacy and opt-in consent for disclosing personally identifiable information (PII)…
HIPAA Violations: Nurses Allegedly Post X-Ray Photos To Facebook
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Okay, here’s a perfect real incident to use for a case study to argue discuss whether or not this is a HIPAA violation!
7 Info Sec & Privacy Tidbits
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Today I spent a lot of time in phone meetings and doing research. So, instead of focusing on writing about one topic today, here are my tweets I sent out, that cover a wide range of topics…
7 Info Sec & Privacy Tidbits
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Today I spent a lot of time in phone meetings and doing research. So, instead of focusing on writing about one topic today, here are my tweets I sent out, that cover a wide range of topics…
Employee Suing Starbucks For Poor Security & Laptop Theft
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Here’s an interesting progression in how to address the growing data breaches that occur largely from ignored, overlooked, and/or inadequate security practices…
Report on Healthcare Provider HIPAA Progress
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Here’s an interesting report from URAC about healthcare providers and HIPAA compliance progress…
Surveillance: New Employee Privacy Law in Portugal
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009On Februry 17, 2009, a new workplace privacy law took effect in Portugal…
Medical Identity Theft: Medical Equipment Co. Owner Sentenced to Prison
Friday, February 20th, 2009I just ran across this U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) press release from January 20, 2009…
2ND HIPAA Sanction: CVS Must Pay $2.25 Million And Improve Info Sec Practices For Improper Disposal
Thursday, February 19th, 2009The 2nd ever to date HIPAA sanction has been handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
