[nflug] Wiping hard drive sensitive personal data

[anthonyriga]

I agree with Pete on this one. There should be some
sort of comitee that truly certifys that these os's
meet hippa sarbanes oxley etc... compliances. Really
what you need for a comitte of lawyers that know IP
laws and have a real understanding of computer science
engineering .Not bunch of politicians that are making
IT industry decisions that dont know how to even turn
their pcs on but are getting pay offs from Brother
Bill in Redmond. 
  If a doctor is using a windows pc that involves
surgery to place over 100 recording electrodes in a
patient, the PC-based systems use Microsoft Windows
[because all but one vendor of these systems use
Microsoft operating systems] and multimedia programs
to capture the patient's data. If, after a Microsoft
service pack is applied to overcome a security
weakness in their operating system, and the service
pack also secretly breaks the multimedia software
and/or revokes access to our patient's data, thus
damaging patient care, who is responsible? 

   
> As far as HIPPA compliance on ANY windows box, I
> don't see how this is 
> possible! One quick read of the EULA for windows
> should show glaring 
> problems like.....
> 
> * Consent to Use of Data.? You agree that Microsoft
> and its
> 
> ????? affiliates may collect and use technical
> information
> 
> ????? gathered in any manner as part of the product
> support
> 
> ????? services provided to you, if any, related to
> the Product.
> 
> ????? Microsoft may use this information solely to
> improve
> 
> ????? our products or to provide customized services
> or
> 
> ????? technologies to you.? Microsoft may disclose
> this
> 
> ????? information to others, but not in a form that
> personally
> 
> ????? identifies you.??
> 
> I would think that technically the HIPPA rules would
> have a problem with 
> this but they look the other way of course for
> windows.
> 
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