Hospice Receives a $50,000 Penalty for HIPAA Violations
A federal investigation of an information breach that affected fewer than 500 individuals has resulted in a hefty penalty for HIPAA violations.
This demonstrates how important it is to understand that no matter what the size of a breach, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights may issue penalties if its investigation reveals HIPAA non-compliance issues.
One Stolen Thumb Drive Costs Dermatology Practice $150K
One stolen thumb drive with the electronic protected health information of approximately 2,200 individuals has cost a dermatology practice $150,000 following a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Google fined 50M euros ($57.8M) by French data regulator CNIL, for breach of EU’s data protection rules.
The regulator said Google had not obtained clear consent to process data because “essential information” was “disseminated across several documents”.
“The relevant information is accessible after several steps only, implying sometimes up to five or six actions,” the regulator said. “Users are not able to fully understand the extent of the processing operations carried out by Google.”
The 30 Most Innovative Companies to Watch 2018
“Insights success Magazine has shortlisted “The 30 Most Innovative Companies to Watch 2018″ which have spotted the unique dots to discover new things through notion, unexpected connections ideas.”
Studying of the Use of Digitalization
Lately, I was examining a recent graph report about the number of aviation accidents relative to the 1990’s period of digitalization, and they revealed the following: Aviation incidents started to decline and continues to shrink to this day. And you can see on the same graph, that from the 1940s to the 1980s, accidents and incidents were on the rise. One could surmise that digital aviation systems and quality training do pay off.
Big Companies Should Know Better
After coming over from the Nuclear, Aviation and Education industry, I have found that senior engineers and executives think they are handling their enterprise data security according to their current policies and to the current regulations.
TechR2 is excited to sponsor JDX Racing Porsche driver Trenton Estep
TechR2 is excited to sponsor JDX Racing Porsche driver Trenton Estep and this Porsche 991!
End of Life Compliance
Unsecured Physical Security of Data Bearing Devices (DBDs) that hold thousands to millions of protected records for Health information (PHI), Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) leaves many companies non-compliant.
Magazine Article: Pioneering data eradication solutions in compliance with stringent regulation mandates: TechR2
As companies deploy New Technologies into their organizations, they are faced with real problems of what to do with their old and outdated IT Assets. Be it data security, safety, confidentiality, compliance or environmental policies, it is no longer acceptable for companies to simply throw away failed or decommissioned data bearing devices or just pass them over to a third party. Companies have to consider protecting data that exists on such devices.
Act now for GDPR compliance
Businesses that are ill-prepared for the GDPR and who fail to comply face fines up to 4% of annual global revenue!
Time has run out for businesses ill-prepared for the May 2018 introduction of the EU’s GDPR. Those who fail to comply face fines up to 4% of annual global revenue or €20 million — whichever is greater!