HIPAA changes could put healthcare IT companies on the hook - Mass High Tech

The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was first passed in 1996 to set standards for electronic health care transactions, as well as severe penalties for breaches of identifiable patient data. According to Stephen Bernstein, ...

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Viewing Child Porn Not a State Crime, NY Appeals Court Rules - XBIZ

By Rhett Pardon, XBIZ.com ALBANY, NY â€" The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that viewing child porn online doesn't constitute either criminal possession or procurement under state penal law. James D. Kent, an assistant professor of public ...

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Social media and the law - How to stay out of trouble when using Twitter and ... - Norwich Evening News

This is why, in the past couple of years, the courts, police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and solicitors are having to deal with more legal cases, both civil and criminal, involving postings made on the internet - and in particular social media ...

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Leveson inquiry: Martin Clarke, Russell Middleton, Brendan Gilmour - live - The Guardian

2.30pm: Leveson interjects to ask Clarke about Mail Online's readership in the US: does Mail Online comply with US law as it does with English law? Clarke says that the site's American content is produced in compliance with US law and will be legally ...

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The price of being connected - Sydney Morning Herald

Small business insurance policies usually don't cover malicious programming, such as the introduction of viruses or data theft. Because cyber insurance is a relatively new type of cover, insurers are still struggling to price the risks involved.

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Beth Ditto to marry her partner Kristin Ogata next year - Electric Banana

Gossip frontwoman Beth Ditto has announced she is to marry her partner Kristin Ogata next year. Ditto has announced the engagement to Ogata, her (female) assistant, and revealed that they plan to marry in a summer ceremony in Hawaii next year.

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How Facebook fights child porn - CNET

While it's good that WND is bringing attention to the general problem of online child pornography, it's unfortunate that it is focusing only on Facebook. Child porn has been around for a very long time, and I can't think of any interactive service with ...

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Twitter Hits Back at Court, Prosecutor Over Occupy Investigation - Wired News

The judge also rejected Fourth Amendment protections Harris claimed, because the judge said that online content stored on a third-party server was not physical and therefore did not have the same privacy protections that applied, for example, ...

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'Snooper's Charter' Set To Be Unveiled - Orange UK News

Jim Gamble, former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre CEOP, said: "What if we didn't have legislation that allowed us to keep up with the criminals, and in six years from now we weren't able to investigate rapists, ...

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Sprint Guardian Service Apps Keep Your Phone and Family Safe - PC Advisor

The Safely Family Safety app bundleincludes a variety of apps meant to keep your children safe from their cell phones (in so many words). Sprint Mobile Controls let you track your kids' app and texting habits. You can lock your kid's phone on a ...

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