Technology
HIPAA Laws utmost importance during Katrina
03/05/07 04:33 PM
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
also known as HIPAA has been touted as a major step
in affording patients their proper privacy
protections, as the law and regulations outline the
parameters and limitations in which providers and
businesses can access, share, and transfer certain
protected health information of individuals as well
as security requirements.
Since many medical records were lost during Katrina a network was set up within 10 days to allow doctors to share medical records. One of the major problems were HIPPA laws, but the network administrators were careful and complied. Regulators did allow the suspension of some laws in order to provide the medical needs for those in dire need.
There have been several class action law suits against companies even universities that have not complied with HIPPA laws. Even the movement of photographs and medical information linked with legal cases have become huge problems for entities that have vowed to maintaining the privacy of patients.
Since many medical records were lost during Katrina a network was set up within 10 days to allow doctors to share medical records. One of the major problems were HIPPA laws, but the network administrators were careful and complied. Regulators did allow the suspension of some laws in order to provide the medical needs for those in dire need.
There have been several class action law suits against companies even universities that have not complied with HIPPA laws. Even the movement of photographs and medical information linked with legal cases have become huge problems for entities that have vowed to maintaining the privacy of patients.
Godaddy Suspends Domain
02/13/07 10:18 AM
Fyodor
Vaskovich found out that Godaddy.com can simply
shutdown your domain. Simply Godaddy can say they
don't like you and shut down your site, says Larry
Seltzer of Eweek
The site in question is Fyodor's seclist.org a mailing list archive that of the most important security list.
The site was taken down because MySpace had found out that 34,0000 usernames and passwords were listed on the site. MySpace didn't contact Fyodor they went around and contacted Godaddy and got the site shutdown.
Here are some of Godaddy.com legal agreement.
Go Daddy reserves the right to terminate Services if Your usage of the Services results in, or is the subject of, legal action or threatened legal action, against Go Daddy or any of its affiliates or partners, without consideration for whether such legal action or threatened legal action is eventually determined to be with or without merit.
Except as set forth below, Go Daddy may also cancel Your use of the Services, after thirty (30) days, if You are using the Services, as determined by Go Daddy in its sole discretion, in association with spam or morally objectionable activities. Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited to: activities designed to defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, slander or harass third parties; activities prohibited by the laws of the United States and/or foreign territories in which You conduct business; activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes, terrorism and child pornography; activities that are tortuous, vulgar, obscene, invasive of the privacy of a third party, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
Godaddy apparently gave 1 hour notice.
From Eweek.
Wow, there seems to be more and more control on the net. France been able to get yahoo to close a web page. China's strong control over content.
Too bad we are loosing site of what the internet was made for in the first place.
The site in question is Fyodor's seclist.org a mailing list archive that of the most important security list.
The site was taken down because MySpace had found out that 34,0000 usernames and passwords were listed on the site. MySpace didn't contact Fyodor they went around and contacted Godaddy and got the site shutdown.
Here are some of Godaddy.com legal agreement.
Go Daddy reserves the right to terminate Services if Your usage of the Services results in, or is the subject of, legal action or threatened legal action, against Go Daddy or any of its affiliates or partners, without consideration for whether such legal action or threatened legal action is eventually determined to be with or without merit.
Except as set forth below, Go Daddy may also cancel Your use of the Services, after thirty (30) days, if You are using the Services, as determined by Go Daddy in its sole discretion, in association with spam or morally objectionable activities. Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited to: activities designed to defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, slander or harass third parties; activities prohibited by the laws of the United States and/or foreign territories in which You conduct business; activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes, terrorism and child pornography; activities that are tortuous, vulgar, obscene, invasive of the privacy of a third party, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
Godaddy apparently gave 1 hour notice.
From Eweek.
Wow, there seems to be more and more control on the net. France been able to get yahoo to close a web page. China's strong control over content.
Too bad we are loosing site of what the internet was made for in the first place.