Medical privacy

Prime Minister announces nomination of Daniel Therrien for reappointment as Privacy Commissioner of Canada

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

OTTAWA, ON, May 27, 2021 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the nomination of Daniel Therrien for reappointment as Privacy Commissioner of Canada for a one-year term.

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  • OTTAWA, ON, May 27, 2021 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the nomination of Daniel Therrien for reappointment as Privacy Commissioner of Canada for a one-year term.
  • Mr. Therrien was appointed Privacy Commissioner of Canada on June 5, 2014, after three decades as a lawyer in the federal government focusing on issues of human rights, public safety, and national security.
  • The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) was established in 1983 following the passage of the Privacy Act, which governs the personal information handling practices of federal departments and agencies.
  • The Privacy Commissioner is an independent Agent of Parliament, appointed under the Privacy Act for a term of seven years.

Cvent Reinforces Commitment to Data Privacy and Information Security by Renewing ISO 27001 and Obtaining ISO 27701 Certifications

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Tysons, VA, May 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cvent , a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitalitytechnology provider, announced today that the company has renewed its ISO 27001 (data security) and obtained its ISO 27701 (data privacy) Certifications.

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  • Tysons, VA, May 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cvent , a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitalitytechnology provider, announced today that the company has renewed its ISO 27001 (data security) and obtained its ISO 27701 (data privacy) Certifications.
  • ISO 27701:2019: This privacy extension to ISO 27001 provides a framework that measures how companies manage privacy controls to reduce the risk to the privacy rights of individuals, and further demonstrates that Cvents privacy management system adheres to applicable privacy requirements.
  • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS): Cvent safeguards cardholder data by complying with these important security standards to reduce credit card fraud and protect personal financial data.
  • These certifications and accreditations highlight our continued commitment to data privacy and information security.

Global Artificial General Intelligence Market (2021 to 2026) - Featuring Amazon, Apple and Baidu Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Productivity gains will be achieved by transactions conducted by AI autonomous agents or "bots".

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  • Productivity gains will be achieved by transactions conducted by AI autonomous agents or "bots".
  • The critical area of concern will continue to be security and privacy, but other areas include innovation policy, revenue recognition and taxation.
  • Second, only concerns for general privacy/security concerns are the need for laws and policies governing civil and criminal liability.
  • However, scalability and other issues remain as challenges, which will likely not be fully resolved until the 2025 to 2030 timeframe.\n'

Master Class for the HIPAA Officer: Protecting Patient Information and Implementing Today's Privacy, Security, and Breach Regulations (Virtual Webinar) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

The HIPAA Regulations carry significant obligations to protect the privacy and security of Protected Health Information, and significant penalties in the millions of dollars can result from non-compliance.\nEven if you have worked on your HIPAA compliance in the past, you could be out of compliance today because of the changes to the rules, new guidance, changes in how you do business and manage PHI, changes to the threats to privacy and security, and even changes in other laws and policies not directly related to HIPAA.\nAll of these changes have an impact on your HIPAA compliance, and if you don\'t keep up, you are leaving yourself open to complaints and enforcement investigations.

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  • The HIPAA Regulations carry significant obligations to protect the privacy and security of Protected Health Information, and significant penalties in the millions of dollars can result from non-compliance.\nEven if you have worked on your HIPAA compliance in the past, you could be out of compliance today because of the changes to the rules, new guidance, changes in how you do business and manage PHI, changes to the threats to privacy and security, and even changes in other laws and policies not directly related to HIPAA.\nAll of these changes have an impact on your HIPAA compliance, and if you don\'t keep up, you are leaving yourself open to complaints and enforcement investigations.
  • The HIPAA Officer needs to be up-to-date on the latest issues and be ready to review all the aspects of HIPAA compliance now, to be sure you are working in the right direction and are addressing the issues of greatest importance.\nAreas of the rules that have shown compliance problems in the past are now targeted with guidance and audits to improve and verify compliance.
  • There is new guidance on dealing with issues of opioid incidents.
  • And new threats from insiders and Ransomware could expose or destroy your private information and harm your patients.\nThere is plenty that can go wrong with HIPAA compliance, but with the right training and resources you have a chance to make your patients happy and stay out of trouble.\n'

Virtual Seminar on Master Class for the HIPAA Officer: Protecting Patient Information and Implementing Today's Privacy, Security, and Breach Regulations - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

The HIPAA Regulations carry significant obligations to protect the privacy and security of Protected Health Information, and significant penalties in the millions of dollars can result from non-compliance.\nEven if you have worked on your HIPAA compliance in the past, you could be out of compliance today because of the changes to the rules, new guidance, changes in how you do business and manage PHI, changes to the threats to privacy and security, and even changes in other laws and policies not directly related to HIPAA.\nAll of these changes have an impact on your HIPAA compliance, and if you don\'t keep up, you are leaving yourself open to complaints and enforcement investigations.

Key Points: 
  • The HIPAA Regulations carry significant obligations to protect the privacy and security of Protected Health Information, and significant penalties in the millions of dollars can result from non-compliance.\nEven if you have worked on your HIPAA compliance in the past, you could be out of compliance today because of the changes to the rules, new guidance, changes in how you do business and manage PHI, changes to the threats to privacy and security, and even changes in other laws and policies not directly related to HIPAA.\nAll of these changes have an impact on your HIPAA compliance, and if you don\'t keep up, you are leaving yourself open to complaints and enforcement investigations.
  • The HIPAA Officer needs to be up-to-date on the latest issues and be ready to review all the aspects of HIPAA compliance now, to be sure you are working in the right direction and are addressing the issues of greatest importance.\nAreas of the rules that have shown compliance problems in the past are now targeted with guidance and audits to improve and verify compliance.
  • There is new guidance on dealing with issues of opioid incidents.
  • And new threats from insiders and Ransomware could expose or destroy your private information and harm your patients.\nThere is plenty that can go wrong with HIPAA compliance, but with the right training and resources you have a chance to make your patients happy and stay out of trouble.\n'

Former Heroku CMO Paul Kopacki Joins Skyflow as Chief Marketing Officer

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

b'Today, Skyflow announced that Paul Kopacki, who helped create new categories as marketing executive in previous leadership roles at Realm, Heroku and Salesforce, has joined the company.

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  • b'Today, Skyflow announced that Paul Kopacki, who helped create new categories as marketing executive in previous leadership roles at Realm, Heroku and Salesforce, has joined the company.
  • He will lead marketing and growth for Skyflow\xe2\x80\x99s data privacy vault for enterprise, fintech and healthcare companies.\nThis press release features multimedia.
  • Just as Heroku made complex deployment and scaling problems easy for developers with its innovative platform, Skyflow is empowering developers with its developer-friendly data privacy vault API.
  • Skyflow allows you to easily build secure apps that handle sensitive personal, financial, and healthcare data while maintaining privacy and compliance,\xe2\x80\x9d said Kopacki.

Alberta Project Explores Use of Synthetic Data as Alternative to Health Data Utilization

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

\xe2\x80\x9cIt also has the potential to grow our economy and knowledge industries.\xe2\x80\x9d\nThe first phase of the project, which took place in October 2020, validated the first synthetic health dataset in Alberta .

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  • \xe2\x80\x9cIt also has the potential to grow our economy and knowledge industries.\xe2\x80\x9d\nThe first phase of the project, which took place in October 2020, validated the first synthetic health dataset in Alberta .
  • The success of Phase I informed the current phase, which aims to establish use cases for the synthetic datasets.
  • Validating synthetic datasets and establishing use cases creates further opportunities for innovators to work alongside the health system while preserving patient privacy.
  • Establishing the ability to freely access and share health datasets while preserving patient privacy will drive improved health outcomes and economic growth for Alberta.

CynergisTek Teams Up with Blackbaud to Offer HIPAA Advisory Services for Blackbaud’s Healthcare Clients

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Monday, May 17, 2021

\xe2\x80\x9cFor the healthcare space in particular, we wanted to further expand the bench of expertise available to our customers by partnering with CynergisTek around HIPAA compliance.

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  • \xe2\x80\x9cFor the healthcare space in particular, we wanted to further expand the bench of expertise available to our customers by partnering with CynergisTek around HIPAA compliance.
  • CynergisTek will help us advise customers on HIPAA compliance with their exceptional knowledge in this space.
  • CynergisTek offers specialized services and solutions to help organizations achieve privacy, security, and compliance goals.
  • In 2020, the company was awarded Black Book\xe2\x80\x99s Top Healthcare Cybersecurity Consultants for two consecutive years.

ClearDATA Expands SaaS Solution to Automate Detection of Protected Health Information Stored in the Public Cloud

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Thursday, May 13, 2021

b'ClearDATA \xc2\xae, the leader in healthcare public cloud security, compliance and privacy, today announced an expanded capability of their ClearDATA Healthcare Security and Compliance Platform\xe2\x84\xa2 , enabling healthcare organizations and their business associates to automatically detect protected health information (PHI) in multi-cloud storage buckets.

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  • b'ClearDATA \xc2\xae, the leader in healthcare public cloud security, compliance and privacy, today announced an expanded capability of their ClearDATA Healthcare Security and Compliance Platform\xe2\x84\xa2 , enabling healthcare organizations and their business associates to automatically detect protected health information (PHI) in multi-cloud storage buckets.
  • Misidentifying or failing to identify sensitive data as PHI in cloud storage could put it at even greater risk of falling victim to a cybersecurity breach.
  • According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, over 65 percent of all security issues in the cloud stem from misconfiguration.
  • For more information, visit ClearDATA at www.cleardata.com .\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210513005661/en/\n'

Constant Companion Continues Expansion of Smart Homes of the Future with Google Assistant and Apple's Siri

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Thursday, May 13, 2021

Thompson will be a champion of the company\'s AI voice technology and mobile solutions, including the expanding Apple\'s Siri and Google Assistant product lines.

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  • Thompson will be a champion of the company\'s AI voice technology and mobile solutions, including the expanding Apple\'s Siri and Google Assistant product lines.
  • Use does not imply affiliation or endorsement by the respective trademark holders.\nAbout: Constant Companion keeps people engaged, connected, and protected 24/7.
  • Constant Companion systems are simple and easy to use, fun, entertaining, and affordable all without giving up a bit of privacy.
  • Using multiple platforms of popular voice assistants, Constant Companion has created the only HIPAA-compliant, AI-based technology supporting healthcare and home care.