Security risk of processing medical and tax files overseas
Rick Alber, via Dave Farber’s Interesting-People:
David Lazarus, an investigative business reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, had a series of 3 chilling articles about how companies cannot maintain privacy protections when they send medical and tax records overseas for processing. The folks on the IP list might like to read about these recent developments:
- A tough lesson on medical privacy: Pakistani transcriber threatens UCSF over back pay - Pakistani clerk threatens to reveal patient medical information unless she receives additional pay.
- Privacy takes a backseat - U.S. accountants are taking advantage of Indian tax accounting services, shipping client information overseas for return preparation, without informing clients.
- A politician who reads the papers - California legislator proposes bill to prohibit sending medical data overseas.