Someone knows you are reading this. They know what device you are using. They know if you make it all the way to the end (which I hope you do!). They may be watching you read it, and listening to you. They know exactly where you are right now, and where you've been. As FBI Director James Comey recently proclaimed, "there is no thing as absolute privacy in America." Director Comey was speaking about legal snooping, authorized by the courts and carried out by law enforcement agencies, but, in many ways, that may be the least of our privacy concerns...
health data breaches
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2014 Was Landmark Year For Health Data Breaches
Greg Slabodkin | Health Data Management | December 26, 2014
When it comes to health data breaches, 2014 was a milestone year. Healthcare organizations accounted for about 42 percent of all major data breaches reported this year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center...
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Health Care in a Post-Privacy World
By Kim Bellard | March 14, 2017
HHS Makes Changes to 'Wall of Shame' Breach Reporting Site
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee | Gov Info Security | July 25, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services has made changes to its website, widely referred to as the "wall of shame," that lists reports of major health data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. The changes come after complaints from some members of Congress and others that the website unfairly exposes breached organizations to endless public scrutiny because incidents are indefinitely listed on the site...
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