Rite Aid HIPPA data breach Settlement

Rite Aid to pay $1 million in HIPAA settlement
by SearchSecurity.com staff

In its settlement agreement with the HHS over alleged HIPAA violations, the pharmacy chain will pay $1 million and must establish procedures for disposing of protected health information (PHI).

Yet another corporation in violation of protecting individuals private information. Companies still don't get that there are a lot of regulations that are trying to protect the individuals private information. Hopefully sooner rather than later, all companies will take these regulations seriously.

XP won't die.

Windows XP Will Never Die

Microsoft originally said that new owners of Windows 7 who wanted to downgrade to XP would only have until 2011 to do so, but now the company has changed its mind and extended support for the old operating system until 2020.

(osnews.com)

Company Issued Devices Ruling

The US Supreme Court has overturned a lower-court ruling and concluded that management has a right to review employee text messages on company-issued devices. If used as a precedent, this case may have far-reaching consequences for employee expectations of privacy in workplace communications. However, the ruling should also serve as a wake-up call for organizations that do not have explicit written security and privacy policies.

So for everyone out there with a company issued cell phone, be careful what you say over texts because it may not end up so good for you.