HIPPA mostly deals with protecting you against accidental or malicious
disclosure of your private data. It can not protect you against idiots with
access. That is for individual people to do. We are more sensitive to these
violations then most people but you would be surprised at the number of
people in our industry who actually WILL read your email. <I used to work
with one>
On that note I am very curious to see how this group, one who is highly
concerned with privacy, would answer an interview question I used to give
jr. desktop support people.
"You were assigned to install Office on a managers computer. During the
course of this you discover a folder containing what looks suspiciously like
child pornography. What do you do and why?"
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:00 PM, keith smith <
klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Let me ask, which do you think got the doctor's attention? The malpractice
> settlement or a misdemeanor charge?
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Wed, 2/9/11, ChasM Marshall <chasm750@hotmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: ChasM Marshall <chasm750@hotmail.com>
> Subject: OT: Learning to Spell (HIPPA)
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 3:54 PM
>
>
> Hiya,
>
> Lemmie talk about "HIPAA". Health Insurance Portability and
> Accountability Act
> Linux gurus really should be more aware of privacy ethics.
>
> First off:
> The medical industry happens to be pretty good at self-policing.
> It's not common knowledge, but prosecutions under this law are very rare.
> Sadly, the whole personal privacy issue seems protected by a
> toothless dragon. Legal systems that just don't work.
> I can't find a single prosecution in Arizona.
>
> And B:
> Candidates for cases do exist.
> As of 2007:
> http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1198749902130&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
> "HIPAA violations are misdemeanors, and no one in Arizona has been
> prosecuted under the four-year-old statute, said Sandra Raynor, a
> spokeswoman
> for the U.S Attorney's Office in Phoenix."
> In the above case Sean Dubowik, 37, was victim of an intern's cell phone
> camera.
> The photo never made it to the internet, or this case would be legendary.
> As it happens, this guy is owner of a strip club in the Phoenix area.
> His gallbladder surgery was NOT a publicity stunt.
> It pisses me off, that this gained national attention without justice.
>
> Privacy in Linux? What's your take? Looks to me like the law ain't any
> help.
> I'd bet that everyone on this PLUG list has violated privacy in some way.
> Yet, I'd trust any one of 'em in a heartbeat.
> It's the inexperienced that need surveillence. Or spelling lessons.
>
> @ Lisa:
> "Trust Is A Weakness"
>
> (-: Chas.M. :-)
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