Beware the dangers of social networking
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, October 12, 2009
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While many popular Web sites have strong privacy practices in place, be sure to analyze where, when, how, and if your personal health information (PHI) is circulating through these types of Web sites.
The Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe released its 2009 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Award in September and ranked eBay, Verizon, the US Postal Service, WebMD, and IBM as the top five.
But covered entities and business associates must also beware of employees sending any PHI on the Internet. The last thing an organization wants is to get burned because an employee without authorization sent PHI across Yahoo!, Facebook, or similar sites.
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