What is HIPAA? - Negative PID

If you’ve ever visited a doctor, picked up a prescription, or filled out medical forms, you’ve probably heard the term HIPAA. What is it and why is it

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Basically HIPAA is a joke. They talk constantly about our health privacy, but the NSA and Mossad and various corporations are all recording everything that is said or done within range of the cameras and microphones of every cell phone, tablet, Smart TV, and any other internet-enabled device.

That includes the devices that are present at every single appointment that anyone has with a doctor. Even if the patient doesn't bring in their phone (and we know that everyone does, don't try to deny it!), The doctor always has a phone or a tablet or both there. Plus often a computer or laptop as well.

Or how about therapy? Does anyone NOT have their phone in their pocket during therapy? Does the therapist?

It's all recorded, both video and audio. The NSA installed black box sites at every major internet junction, and probably most of the minor ones too. Every email, text, cell phone call, video chat (steamy or not), VOIP call, and landline call is recorded. Do you use your phone in the bathroom? Say hello to your genitals on the NSA's massive server farms.

Is your phone anywhere in the area when you are doing whatever filthy perversions you like to do with some person or persons of whatever gender or whatever? You are now blackmailable. EVERYONE is now blackmailable. That includes everyone in politics, the media, the arts, you name it.

And there's no way of knowing who gets all that data. The NSA, sure. Mossad, sure. Most big corporations, almost certainly. We are cattle under a microscope, without a scintilla of privacy.

And yet everyone pretends that everything is perfectly normal.

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Cybersecurity in Europe: an overview - Negative PID

If 2013 marked the year Europe began to take cybersecurity seriously, the decade that followed transformed it into a legal and political priority. From

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DATE: April 10, 2026 at 01:06PM
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2026 White Collar Year in Preview | JD Supra

The 2026 White Collar Year in Preview ebook provides a comprehensive analysis of anticipated enforcement trends and legal developments across key...

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DATE: April 10, 2026 at 09:16AM
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The HIPAA Journal February 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Report https://t.co/PWZoVtyEi9

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February 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Report

In February 2026, 63 data breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that affected 500 or There was a 14.5% month-over-month increase in large healthcare data breaches in February, with 63 data breaches reported to OCR that affected 500 or more individuals. Across those breaches, the protected health information of more than 8 million individuals was breached, a 436% increase from January 2026.

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DATE: April 10, 2026 at 09:16AM
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February 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Report

In February 2026, 63 data breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that affected 500 or There was a 14.5% month-over-month increase in large healthcare data breaches in February, with 63 data breaches reported to OCR that affected 500 or more individuals. Across those breaches, the protected health information of more than 8 million individuals was breached, a 436% increase from January 2026.

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DATE: April 9, 2026 at 10:21PM
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Privacy Litigation Report: Takeaways From March 2026 Decisions https://t.co/tKuINJeDrC

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Privacy Litigation Report: Takeaways From March 2026 Decisions | JD Supra

Five takeaways from March 2026 decisions: (1) Courts diverge on “purpose” requirement in ECPA’s crime-tort exception; (2) Courts consider ECPA...

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The Brockton Hospital, a key facility within the Signature Healthcare network, is at the center of a cyberattack claimed by the ransomware group Anubis, which after contacting SuspectFile directly has now made the operation public on its blog.

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#Trump admin makes sweeping request for #medicalRecords of federal workers

The Trump administration wants to require #health #insurance companies to hand over troves of sensitive, detailed, and identifiable #medical records from millions of federal workers and retirees, along with their families. The move is raising immediate concern from legal and health policy experts, according to a report by KFF Health News.
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Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers

The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors' notes.

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DATE: April 9, 2026 at 12:01PM
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OCR Releases Video on HIPAA Security Rule Risk Management Requirements https://t.co/jB8QZk9Tjl #hipaa #compliance

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OCR Releases Video on HIPAA Security Rule Risk Management Requirements

Earlier this year, Paula M. Stannard, Director of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), provided an update on The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights is expanding its risk analysis enforcement initiative to include risk management – reducing risks and vulnerabilities to ePHI to a reasonable and appropriate level. OCR has recorded a video explaining this important HIPAA requirement, along with examples of risk management violations from its investigations of data breaches.

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