I got some interesting comments and questions, and lots of good direct feedback, about my blog post on sending cleartext patient information last week, “HIPAA: Beware Doctors Who Claim They Don’t Have To Follow Safeguard and Privacy Requirements” so I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the topic a little more.
Sending Cleartext IM and Email Is *NOT* Secure Even If Your Doc Says It Is…Part 1
November 19th, 2007Bill Gates Is Creating Road Hazards Across America
November 17th, 2007Last night on the drive into town to my 8-year-old son’s basketball practice we were on a heavily trafficked city interstate around 5:15pm…rush hour and happy hour drivers were everywhere with bumber-to-bumper vehicles across 4 lanes. I was sitting in the passenger side, and I saw a large truck in front of us. As we pulled alongside I saw “Microsoft” boldly painted on the truck cargo area.
A Lesson In IT Backup Media Management From Francis Ford Coppola
November 16th, 2007As I was reading this week’s issue of Time magazine I found a backup lesson given by Francis Ford Coppola!
HIPAA: Beware Doctors Who Claim They Don’t Have To Follow Safeguard and Privacy Requirements
November 15th, 2007My good friend Alec recently made me aware of a very interesting blog post made by a physician (thanks Alec!) that is frankly quite troubling.
U.S. Federal Teleworking Report Reminds Us that Teleworking Saves Time and Resources, But Must Be Done With Safeguards In Place
November 14th, 2007On November 6 there was a an interesting hearing held by the U.S. Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia about teleworking in the federal agencies.
Considering large numbers of privacy breaches occurring within government agences involving mobile computing devices and storage devices, this caught my eye.
The Deputy Director of National Intelligence Does Not Understand Key Concepts Of Privacy
November 12th, 2007I found a report yesterday, “Intelligence deputy to America: Rethink privacy” quite interesting. The impact on privacy…the actual definition, not the definition Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence, thinks it should be…would not only be a huge step backward for the country, but it would also increase the threats to personally identifiable information (PII) exponentially.
French Supreme Court Decision Points Out Importance Of Using Monitoring Notices Wherever In The World You Have Personnel
November 11th, 2007I just read about a French Supreme Court decision made on October 10 (you can see a Google English rough translation of it here) that is significant to organizations who have employees in France, or anywhere worldwide for that matter, and the organization’s employee monitoring practices.
FTC Continues Active Compliance Enforcement: Applies $7.7 Million In Fines To 6 Do-Not-Call Violators
November 10th, 2007This week the FTC once again demonstrated that they aggressively enforce compliance with those regulations for which they have responsibility.
In their press release, “FTC Announces Law Enforcement Crackdown on Do Not Call Violators” they detail their recent actions against six organizations for non-compliance with the Do Not Call (DNC) registry requirements. The involved settlements totaled close to $7.7 million in civil penalties. In addition to the following, actions against Global Mortgage Funding are pending.
Here is an overview of the non-compliance activities and associated fines/penalties:
