Senior Counsel Alan J. Sedley was recently interviewed by SFVBA Valley Lawyer Magazine to provide an overview of HIPAA and the standards for the protection of certain sensitive personal health information.
From the Article:
Alan J. Sedley, senior counsel with the Nelson Hardiman firm in Los Angeles, notes that “Every byte of personal, individual identif able data, such as that stored at banks, schools, places of employment, and online merchant services–name, address, social security number, date of birth, bank account numbers, employers, and the identity of family members, for example–could, with a simple send command and without adequate safeguards in place, effortlessly become the source of exploitation, monetization, and even personal humiliation.”
Full Article – SFVBA Valley Lawyer Magazine