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How to Get Executive Support for Your Next Information Governance Initiative

AIIM

As we engaged in a bit of Socratic dialogue, it became clear to us all that the perceived role of information governance had to shift from a singular focus on risk and cost reduction. How to Create an Information Governance Strategy Your Executives Care About. Create a risk/value framework. If so, don't lose hope.

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How to Store Paper Medical Records

Armstrong Archives

In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) established a set of regulations involving the storage of and destruction of protected health information (PHI). To avoid risks of violating HIPAA compliant storage requirements for paper records, there are a few steps a practice should take: Create physical safeguards.

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Record Retention Policy for Businesses: A Strategic Guide to Compliance and Efficiency

Armstrong Archives

At Armstrong Archives , we’re proud to stand at the forefront of records management, offering expert guidance in record retention policy and document management, ensuring that our clients stay compliant and efficient. Training should cover how to classify, store, and eventually dispose of records according to the policy.

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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019. The CNIL’s inspection included the insurer’s compliance with Section 5-1(e) of GDPR , which reads: Personal data shall be. (e) Perhaps the CNIL’s €1.75

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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. Failure to Conduct Regular Risk Assessments Regular risk assessments are important in protecting health information under the HIPAA.

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Retention and Destruction of Health Information

Armstrong Archives

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was created to set forth national standards for electronic health care transactions. Entities that do not create and enforce a strong medical record retention and destruction policy put themselves are risk for compliance violations. Liability insurance details.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #07 [Scam of the Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake

KnowBe4

In addition to mandatory and routine training and security tools, the best way to ensure employees are vigilant about potential risks is to help them reframe their online mindset while encouraging them to leverage critical thinking in evaluating and defending against internal and external threats," Watson says. businesses.