Example Of Why Business Leaders MUST Ensure Third Party Security
Below is a good example of why organizations need to do third party (vendor, outsourcers, business partners, etc.) information security and privacy program reviews. A very important sentence to show...
View ArticleDon’t Be A Dodo; Follow Privacy Requirements!
I just ran across a privacy law non-compliance fine news report from Australia that was published October 22, 2008… “Dodo pays penalty for calling numbers on the Do Not Call Register” Dodo Australia...
View Article2ND HIPAA Sanction: CVS Must Pay $2.25 Million And Improve Info Sec Practices...
The 2nd ever to date HIPAA sanction has been handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)… “CVS Pays $2.25 Million and Toughens Practices to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case” The fine is...
View ArticleHIPAA Sanctions and Convictions Will Increase with HITECH Act & New...
Upon reading and researching HIPAA and the impact of the HITECH Act upon it, basically broadening its applicability as well as adding new requirements for privacy breach notifications, I recently was...
View ArticleMemorial Day & ID Theft Using Info Of Deceased
Every year since probably my first year on this world I’ve visited cemetaries on the Sunday right before Memorial Day. My parents’ reasoning was that we could get the graves and headstones decorated...
View ArticleFTC Issued Consent Order for GLBA Privacy Rule and Safeguards Rule Violations
Today the FTC issued a consent order against mortgage lender James B. Nutter & Company for GLBA Privacy Rule and Safeguards Rule violations resulting from having an inadequte information security...
View Article8,918 HIPAA Violation Investigations Have Required Corrective Actions
Here are some important websites to bookmark for you to reference when you need help…beyond what I have on my blog and at my website …if you are a US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...
View ArticleUCLA Health System Pays $865K to Settle Celebrity Privacy HIPAA Violations
Here’s yet another HIPAA violations penalty to add to what seems to be a quickly growing list. In this case it was a violation of the minimum necessary access principle, in addition to providing the...
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