Archive for Privacy Issues
Privacy breach rules require practices to report only harm done
Posted by: | CommentsHealth care organizations can self-assess whether a technology snafu needs to be disclosed.
Physicians won’t have to notify patients of every breach of privacy regarding their records, under a rule finalized by the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
A provision in the Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information rule allows health care organizations to self-assess the level of potential harm when a breach occurs and determine whether notification is warranted. Originally the rule indicated physicians and hospitals would have to notify patients of any kind of privacy breach, regardless of whether it caused harm.
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Why Privacy On Internet Must Be Addressed
Posted by: | CommentsEU Commissioner Viviane Reding says that the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) must continue “as a unique forum where we can engage in open, non-binding and multi-stakeholder dialogue”.
Since my participation at the first forum in Athens in 2006, the IGF has continued to show its value. The consistently high number of participants at the IGF, as well as the quality of the discussions, demonstrates the need for such a forum and is a mark of its success.
It is a unique forum where the global Internet Community can engage in open, non-binding, multi-stakeholder dialogue, in order to examine and try to address the many issues that arise from our heavy reliance on the internet, in our homes, schools, businesses, universities, research labs and governments.
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