Office of HIPAA Privacy and Security

At the University of Miami, we are committed to preserving the privacy and confidentiality of our patient information and upholding the trust and confidence that our patients place in us to deliver quality health care.

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Privacy News
Nation's School Districts are Failing to Protect Children's Privacy

A Fordham Law School study found that state educational databases across the country ignore key privacy protections for the nation’s...

Worker Lost Her Job Over Error by FBI's NCIC Database

In July 2009, a woman lost a $58,000 a year accounting job with Corporate Mailing Services of Arbutus after a...

Facebook Issues New Privacy Policy in Response to Canadian Privacy Office

Facebook released a revised privacy policy. The updated policy provides a more concise description of the privacy practices of the...

Security News
Hackers to sharpen malware, malicious software in 2010

Symantec researchers predict an increase in attacks using social network architectures, third-party applications and URL shortening ...

Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million

A lost hard drive contained seven years of patient data including Social Security numbers and medical records of more than...

Increase in Gumblar backdoors poses FTP credential problems

Security Researcher explains how to detect the Trojan, but many victimized website owners don't have the technical expertise to fix...

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