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Security: A Year in Review

Erik Kangas — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:04:27 +0000

Over the last 12 months, LuxSci has added many new features, enhanced services, and improved usability. We have also made a large numbers of security and privacy improvements.

Some of the most conspicuous of these include changes to User Account>> read the complete answer

What is Social Engineering?

Erik Kangas — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:22:45 +0000

It is often thought that Viruses and Malware are the biggest threats to your personal information, but there is even a greater threat that often goes undetected. Social Engineering is a technique used by people to gather>> read the complete answer

iPhone Security Apps and Configuration Tips

Erik Kangas — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:54:54 +0000

There are several great iPhone Security Apps and a handful of good and simple configuration changes that you can make to your iPhone to greatly enhance you iPhone security and protect your sensitive information and identity. We have seen read the complete answer

Facebook: Quick Steps to Lockdown Security and Privacy

Erik Kangas — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:41:57 +0000

Facebook use is ubiquitous–you can even “Like” this post on Facebook right from our blog. As most people know, the default account settings in Facebook are very weak in terms of security and extremely permissive in terms of privacy read the complete answer

Is Blackberry HIPAA Compliant? What You Need To Know

Erik Kangas — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:52:55 +0000

We are often approached by customers wanting to use their blackberry mobile devices to send and receive email that may contain electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). Such customers, when they must abide by the HIPAA and read the complete answer

EU Safe Harbor

Erik Kangas — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:25:11 +0000

LuxSci has updated its privacy policy with the help of TRUSTe to ensure that LuxSci abides by the EU Safe Harbor Framework as outlined by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Union. Read LuxSci’s privacy policy.>> read the complete answer

HIPAA HITECH Business Associate Agreement and LuxSci Account Requirements

Erik Kangas — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:39:37 +0000

Changes to HIPAA as a result of HITECH provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are going into effect on February 17, 2010. These changes seriously impact the requirements on Business Associates and impose significant liability penalties on HIPAA>> read the complete answer

LuxSci Strengthens Its Privacy Policy

Erik Kangas — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:35:50 +0000

LuxSci has made some changes to it Privacy Policy. These changes expand the types of things that LuxSci considers to be confidential and strengthen LuxSci’s confidentiality statement. The Privacy Policy is posted here – Lux Scientiae Privacy Policy.

Confidentiality:

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HIPAA 2010: HITECH Impact on Email and Web Outsourcing

Erik Kangas — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:26:12 +0000

Surprise! HIPAA has changed, gotten bigger, and grown teeth.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or The Obama Stimulus Bill), signed into law in February 2009, includes new, more comprehensive provisions for HIPAA. These provisions are in a section>> read the complete answer

Does sending email using BCC make it HIPAA Compliant?

Erik Kangas — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:10:39 +0000

People have asked us if sending an email to someone via BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) is HIPAA-compliant. For example, a doctor’s office sending a newsletter to its patients via BCC. The presumption is that because when a message is sent>> read the complete answer