By Christine Von Raesfeld, Founder of People With Empathy In the intricate web of healthcare information dissemination, a legal battle has emerged between the American Hospital Association and the Federal…
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by Rachel Tobac, Social Proof Security What happened in this data leak? Cyber criminals were able to find passwords that were involved in other breaches online and use a method…
There is a new report from George Washington University called Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub rates 68 countries on their approaches to data governance. This report scores each country on 26 factors over six categories.
Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information
While these changes were widely praised and covered in the media as a step to make the platform safer, this new analysis shares the current state of ad targeting tools to infer an individual’s “interests” as a proxy for medical history.
There have been many new developments since we originally found this security flaw with Facebook’s group settings that impacted millions of people. SicGRL is no longer the only issue that the patient community has with Facebook. There have also been subsequent vulnerabilities discovered beyond SicGRL that impact the safety of Facebook users. This blog post is a high-level summary and update about what has changed since the FTC got involved—and, importantly, what has not changed.
I think we need to create a “whole-community response” in health and health care. We need to acknowledge that our “locals” (aka patients, caregivers, and other non-professionals) are essential partners in a health crisis.