Internet service providers have few practical restrictions on how they handle their customers’ information and are subject to substantially fewer regulations than web content providers, e-commerce companies, and technology firms whose users rely on those same ISPs.
As reported by local Seattle media outlets, the Seattle School Board — with oversight for public schools in a district serving 46,000 students — voted last week to adopt an update to its student Code of…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that it has withdrawn the final version of its rule on Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information, which it had submitted to OMB for…
While there were several informative presentations and topics addressed at the monthly meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee today, the recommendations from the Privacy and Security Tiger Team on adoption of fair information practices and,…
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed as part of the Recovery Act in February 2009 included a variety of revisions included to requirements already in effect under the HIPAA Security…
Among the areas announced as federal cybersecurity research priorities for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program is an initiative intended to promote development of “tailored trustworthy spaces” that not only reflect different…
During the latest meeting of the Health IT Privacy and Security tiger team today, the bulk of the discussion centered around draft recommendations for message handling in what the group calls “directed exchange” in which health…
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