Here’s something interesting I just ran across…
Archive for the ‘Laws & Regulations’ Category
Federal Reserve Releases Examination Procedures For Red Flags Rule Compliance
Friday, October 17th, 2008If you must comply with the Red Flags Rule, which is a rule that falls under the umbrella of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), which most organizations in the U.S. who process payments from their customers must comply with, for which compliance is required by November 1 of this year, then you should review the recently released guidance documents that will be used by the government oversight examiners…
Commerce Department Issues New Rule For Encryption Exports
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Remember all the talk in the 1990’s that surrounded the legalities, and largely restrictions, surrounding how encryption could be used for data sent outside the U.S.? Or how encryption tools and algorithms could be exported? It’s been a significantly more silent issue during this new century.
Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008
Sunday, October 12th, 2008I just read about a new law signed at the end of September, 2008, by U.S. President Bush, H.R. 5983; the “Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008” which is under Title II.
Palin Email Hacker Indicted
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Around September 10 a widely-reported story broke about how Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! email account was broken into.
Contents of some of her email messages were then widely posted to various Internet websites.
HIPAA Compliance During Emergencies and Disasters
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) posted a new HIPAA frequently asked question (FAQ) to their site; a great question that many organizations do not even consider until after the fact…
Do Your Legal Contracts Conflict with Your Web Site Privacy Policy?
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Over the years I’ve found while doing website privacy policy reviews and gap analyses that a large portion of organizations make promises within their posted web site privacy policies that they do not support by internal procedures, and that they do not provide internal personnel training and awareness communications for; a huge risk!
I’ve also found that many organizations have online contracts for their web site customers that are in conflict with their posted privacy policies.
Are the Terms of Your Legal Contracts Enforceable?
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Most web sites have some type of legal contract that is presented to site visitors for any number of reasons. Do your web site visitors actually read them? It probably depends upon how the contracts are presented to the web site visitors, and how the wording is constructed.
Are the contracts written clearly? Or, could they be interpreted in multiple ways? Or trick people into thinking they are agreeing to something other than what the legalese is trying to obligate them to agree to?
PII Encryption Required by New Massachusetts and Nevada Laws
Monday, September 29th, 2008There is a growing trend in laws that require personally identifiable information (PII) to be encrypted.
Encryption in past laws have been directed to be considered based upon risk, but now they are more explicitly required in some laws.
New HHS Guides For HIPAA Privacy Rule
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Did you see that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released some new guidance documents for the Healthcare Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule compliance activities on September 17?
I need to go through them more thoroughly, but upon a quick scan they look like they contain some pretty good, and interesting, guidance information for both patients and healthcare providers…
