This is sad...

Dave Woyciesjes woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net
Sun Oct 4 19:09:34 CDT 2015


On 10/04/2015 01:02 AM, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 07:09:04PM -0400, Sean Caron wrote:
>> Software preservation is definitely important
>
> remember that with the latest US laws, that certain data (e.g. hard
> drives, magnetic media) *must* be destroyed on the supposition that
> they contain sensitive personal data.
>
> If you don't do so, you can create yourself a legal liability.
>
> (do NOT ask me about equipment sold by someone in South Austin
> who is now out of business, who should have been wiping drives.)
>
> mcl
>
	Look up the federal HIPAA regulations... You don't want to be the one 
responsible for losing electronic patient information...

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