Posts Tagged ‘risk management’

Surveillance: New Employee Privacy Law in Portugal

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

On Februry 17, 2009, a new workplace privacy law took effect in Portugal…

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Medical Identity Theft: Medical Equipment Co. Owner Sentenced to Prison

Friday, February 20th, 2009

I just ran across this U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) press release from January 20, 2009…

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2ND HIPAA Sanction: CVS Must Pay $2.25 Million And Improve Info Sec Practices For Improper Disposal

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

The 2nd ever to date HIPAA sanction has been handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

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Data Privacy Day Activities That Deserve Recognition

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

January 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:

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New Online Behavioral Advertising Principles: Self Regulation Does Not Mean Less Scrutiny By The FTC!

Monday, February 16th, 2009

On 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

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Cloudy Privacy Computing

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Cloud 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…

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Using Facebook To Serve Lien Notices

Friday, February 13th, 2009

I just ran across this article while doing some research, and it made me go, “Whoa!”…

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New Report Finds HIPAA Privacy Rule Is Ineffective As Written

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Today the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, “Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy, Improving Health Through Research“…

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Surveillance: I Spy With My Little Eye Some Potlikker Pie

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Do any of you really think that there is a single place on earth that cannot be looked down upon from satellites too high in the sky to see with the naked eye? Google continues their march to know all and see all…

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Txt Phishing (Vishing) In Iowa: MetaBank NOT Calling!

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Boy, all throughout the day I heard on the radio, and it was all over the noon and evening news, that Iowa customers of MetaBank were receiving text messages on their phones to call MetaBank about unusual activity in their account…

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