Everyone always harps on the necessity of privacy when discussing health care, government, and banking communications. It is surprising how little attention is paid to email security with regards to accounting and tax preparation. There is a real danger of identity theft, unintended information disclosure, as well as invasion of privacy when using tax preparation […]
As an email service provider, we are constantly asked by business owners to retrieve email messages received or sent by specific employees last month, last year, or many years ago. The reasons are numerous and include: Contractual disputes requiring proof of exactly what was said, and by whom Inappropriate employee behavior requiring proof of what […]
Many contact us forms and comment forms are plagued by “web form spam.” Automated programs crawl the internet looking for web forms. When found, they start submitting spam advertisements through the forms hoping that some of the recipients of these form submissions will see the ads and act on them. Almost nobody does, but the […]
When health care organizations review their operations to see where electronic protected health information (ePHI) is being saved, transmitted, and viewed, a great deal of time is spent on the obvious candidates: email, chat, stored files, and health records, etc. Many overlook the fact that ePHI can be embedded in Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks. Consider […]
For legal reasons, LuxSci’s HIPAA customers must physically sign a “Business Associate Agreement” and return it to us. While this is a simple and commonplace request, it creates a lot of busy work for the customer and LuxSci! The customer might have to Download the file Print out the 19 pages Sign the agreement Fax […]
