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Email Encryption Opt Out Now Available for Outlook and Other Email Programs

Friday, December 7th, 2012

A few weeks ago, we introduced the option for users in security-enabled accounts (such as users subject to HIPAA compliance requirements) to determine for themselves which messages need to be encrypted and which do not.  See: HIPAA Compliant Email – You Decide Which Messages Need Encryption

The  “SecureLine Opt Out” feature was then only available to users of our web-based email interface.  Now, the “SecureLine Opt Out” feature is also available to:

  • Premium Mobile Sync users on mobile devices
  • Customers using SMTP from mobile devices
  • Customers using SMTP from most email programs (e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird, Mac Mail, etc.)
We have also enhanced Opt Out to enable administrators to have more control over who can and cannot opt out of SecureLine email encryption.

Tags: hipaa, mac mail, opt out, outlook, secureline, smtp, subject, thunderbird, tls, webmail
Posted in New Feature Announcements
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HIPAA Compliant Email – You Decide Which Messages Need Encryption

Friday, November 16th, 2012

Customer feedback is extremely important to LuxSci and we have listened once again.  Customers faced with the need for HIPAA-compliant email now have the option to decide on a per-message basis which messages need encryption (e.g. contain Protected Health Information – PHI) and which do not.  Routine non-PHI-laden correspondence no longer needs to be encrypted and users no longer have to use separate users or profiles to send regular email messages.

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Tags: auditor, compliance, encryption, hipaa, hipaa compliance, opt out, phi, webmail
Posted in Business Solutions, LuxSci Library: HIPAA, LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy
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How to send unlimited email to someone for free and without authentication or SSL

Friday, September 14th, 2012

We field questions daily from customers who need to configure some special software or piece of equipment to send them email, but can’t because their SMTP logins require authentication (e.g. a username and password), or their software/hardware cannot be configured to connect to specific SMTP ports, or maybe because their logins require SSL/TLS for transmission security but their device doesn’t support that (and isn’t sending anything sensitive anyway).

Of course, software can be updated; there are always newer or more expensive devices that have more robust email sending capabilities.  However, additional time and/or cost is rarely the ideal solution. If the program/device will not be sending sensitive data and the email stream does not require end-to-end protection (e.g. for HIPAA compliance), then there is a very easy work around to get the device to send your mail.

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Tags: authentication, dns, email delivery, hipaa, login, port 25, smtp, tls
Posted in Business Solutions, Email Marketing
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Jump/Thumb Drives and PHI Don’t Mix

Friday, July 20th, 2012

It is very common for the staff of small and medium sized healthcare organizations to store patient data on USB Flash Drives (a.k.a. Jump Drives or Thumb Drives).  This is universally a bad idea and guarantees non-compliance with HIPAA.  Below, I will discuss why and suggest some alternatives to accomplish the same ends.

While this article discusses USB Flash drives in particular, the same arguments hold for all portable media — full sized USB hard drives, writable CDs and DVDs, laptops, etc.

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Tags: breach, dropbox, emr, emr/pm, ePHI, file storage, flash drive, google docs, hipaa, hipaa compliance, hipaa security rule, phi, usb drive
Posted in Business Solutions, LuxSci Library: HIPAA
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HIPAA 2010: HITECH Impact on Email and Web Outsourcing

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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 of the bill known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH).

For organizations that are already required to abide by HIPAA (i.e. the “Covered Entities” of HIPAA), HITECH adds the following requirements:

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Tags: 2010, arra, business associate, covered entity, email security, hipaa, hitech, obama stimulus, phi, privacy
Posted in AAA Featured Articles, LuxSci Library: HIPAA, LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy
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