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HIPAA compliance starts at home

I know a lady who has worked out of her home for years as a medical transcriptionist.  She receives audio cassette tapes recorded by physicians, therapists and other medical professionals, onto which they have dictated patients’ medical reports and personal...

Are you breaking the law?

Companies and employers throughout the country are scrambling to put themselves in compliance with federal computer security regulations brought on by two far-reaching pieces of legislation.  Known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and...

Interpreting Windows Error Messages

“This message pops up on my screen all of the time, uh, I don’t know, something about an error.”  “OK, what does it say?  What kind of error?”  “Gee, I don’t know, I just keep closing the message, and then the computer freezes up.” I’m involved in conversations like...

Defenders of the Internet

In my three previous articles, I’ve painted a rather bleak picture of how our money is being stolen, our privacy is being violated and our free speech rights are being trampled by those who desire to control the Internet.  There is no doubt that businesses and...

The Enemies of Internet Free Speech

In our country, we take the notion of the right to free speech entirely for granted.  We don’t think twice when speaking up about our government, social institutions and each other in whatever public forum we find.  We naturally expect the right to speak our minds on...