Here’s an interesting report from URAC about healthcare providers and HIPAA compliance progress…
Report on Healthcare Provider HIPAA Progress
February 23rd, 2009Surveillance: New Employee Privacy Law in Portugal
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
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
February 19th, 2009The 2nd ever to date HIPAA sanction has been handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
I’m Now Tweeting!
February 18th, 2009I just jumped on the Twitter bandwagon…
Humorous Security Calendar
February 18th, 2009Check out a sample month of a humorous information security wall calendar that Rick Lawhorn created that “tracks notable breaches, infosec facts and viruses.”
Massachusetts Encryption Law Pushed Back Once More
February 18th, 2009Monday I received messages almost at the same time from Brandon Dunlap and Brett J. Byers; thanks Brandon and Brett!
They were notifying me of yet another delay in the Massachusetts law, “201 CMR 17.00: STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH”
As explained on the website:
Data Privacy Day Activities That Deserve Recognition
February 17th, 2009January 28 was international Data Privacy Day, which I blogged about a few times here, here, and here.
While the Intel site posted about many of the events that occurred, there were many more they missed.
Here are a few of them:
New Online Behavioral Advertising Principles: Self Regulation Does Not Mean Less Scrutiny By The FTC!
February 16th, 2009On February 12 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the most actively aggressive oversight agency in the U.S. with regard to enforcing privacy protections, released new behavioral advertising principles…
Cloudy Privacy Computing
February 15th, 2009Cloud computing is an attractive, low-cost means of collaboration. But have you considered the risks involved with placing documents with PII “in the cloud”?
The monthly column I wrote for the December 2008 CSI Alert was, “Cloudy Privacy Computing.” Here’s the first section…
