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Data Privacy Day 2021 Events and Resources For You!

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Meghan in Blog

Data Privacy Day 2021 Events and Resources for You!

Data Privacy Day is an internationally recognized day dedicated to creating awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information.

That means a lot to me and I think it means a lot to you, too. I think it is important that we give our patients and clients the gift of privacy. And that we have the right tools and resources for our employees to make good privacy and security decisions in our businesses.

Information Managers Ltd. is a Data Privacy Champion!

Data Privacy Day Champion

As a DPD Champion, Information Managers recognizes and supports the principle that organizations, businesses, and government all share the responsibility to be conscientious stewards of data by respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.

Each of us is responsible to manage our name and our identity. When you share your personal information, you have the right and responsibility to ask the person or business why they need the information and how they will protect your personal information.

Jean L. Eaton

Your Practical Privacy Coach, Information Managers Ltd.

You can be a Data Privacy Day Champion, too! Follow this link and complete the Organization Champion Form with the National Cyber Security Alliance.

Data Privacy Day Activities

5 Steps To Prevent Employee Snooping

SAY NO TO SNOOPING!

If an individual affiliate knowingly breaches the privacy and security of health information, and the custodian can demonstrate that reasonable safeguards (including privacy awareness training) were in place, the individual affiliate can be charged under the Health Information Act. Fines of up to $50,000 may be applied to the individual, in addition to other sanctions from their employers and/or their professional regulatory colleges where applicable (HIA s.107).

What Is Snooping?

Looking at someone’s personal information without having an authorized purpose to access that information to do your job is known as ‘snooping’.

Even when you are “just looking” at personal information but don’t share that information with anyone else, this is still a privacy breach.

It is illegal.

Snooping incidents are on the rise and can cost you time, money, heartache, and headache in your practice.

When there is an offence under the privacy legislation like the Health Information Act, there may be an investigation, charges and court appearances, fines, penalties, and loss of employment.

Snooping is entirely preventable. 

How Can You Prevent Employee Snooping?

Let’s take a look at the pro-active steps that you can take today to prevent employee snooping.

 

prevent employee snooping

Download the Practice Management Success Tip 5 Steps to Prevent Employee Snooping

The Practice Management Success Tip, 5 Steps to Prevent Employee Snooping, will help you

  • Take 5 practical steps to prevent employee snooping.
  • Provide clarity about what is considered a privacy breach.
  • Contribute to the health information privacy compliance in your healthcare practice.
Download 5 Steps to Prevent Employee Snooping HERE!

Understanding Mandatory Privacy Breach Notification

To celebrate Data Privacy Day, Information Managers is hosting a free, 30-minute webinar on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 12:00pm Noon MT.

Mandatory Privacy Breach Reporting is here!

Do you know how this will affect your healthcare practice?

If you are a custodian – including physicians, pharmacists, optometrists, opticians, dentists, dental hygienists, chiropractors, nurse practitioners, podiatrists, midwives, and more! – as defined by Alberta's Health Information Act, then…this free webinar is for you!

Avoid Fines

On August 31, 2018, amendments to the Health Information Act (HIA), came into force that introduce a fine of not less that $200,000 for a person who fails to take reasonable steps in accordance with HIA regulations to maintain safeguards to protect against reasonably anticipated threats to the security of health information (sections 107(1.1)(a) and 107(7)).

What you need to know about mandatory privacy breach notification!

In this free webinar, Jean L. Eaton, Your Practical Privacy Coach will explain:

  • what is a privacy breach
  • why a privacy breach is a significant problem
  • why have mandatory privacy breach notification
  • lessons learned in the first year of mandatory notification
  • offence and penalty provisions of the HIA
  • privacy breach notification requirements
  • what you need to do now

 

Click Here to Register for the Free Webinar!

I Heart Privacy!

Just in time for Data Privacy Day! Print badges for your team.

I Heart Privacy
I Heart Privacy

Right-click the image and select ‘Save As' to download and insert the image into your favourite templates to make badges or stickers or labels.

Or, use the done-for-you sheet of labels that you can print right away and slip into badge holders or print to stickers or labels.

You can even customize the labels and add your business name!

Get the label sheets using the buttons below.

I Heart Privacy Badges with Data Privacy Day logo
I Heart Privacy Badges

Protect Your Organization and Your Patients With a Privacy Awareness Quiz

Equip your staff with the information they need to confidently and correctly handle personal health information.

Healthcare businesses need privacy awareness training to support key policies and procedures, and risk management programs need a privacy awareness training program.

Reasonable Safeguards

As an employer and healthcare provider, you are responsible to provide training to all of your employees about privacy awareness.

If you don't provide the training, or if the employees don't understand the policies and there is a privacy breach, then the healthcare provider is more likely to be held accountable under the legislation and face penalties, including fines and even prison!

Patients value the privacy and security of their information.

Healthcare providers and clinic managers value privacy and security, and they value not having adverse results as a lack of compliance or patient safety issues.

Data Privacy Day Privacy Awareness Quiz

Patients trust their healthcare providers with their sensitive, personal, and financial information.

If patients don't feel that the healthcare provider will keep their information confidential and secure, patients may choose not to share their information, which may impact their healthcare and treatment.

When we are privacy aware, we can better respond to patients' questions and build their trust in the quality of services that we provide.

Download the Privacy Awareness Quiz to use today to train your employees and protect your patients' health information.

Download the Privacy Awareness Quiz!

Privacy Protection In The Pink Seat with Dr. Angela Mulrooney & Jean Eaton

While privacy is not technology driven, the lack of privacy, perhaps, is impacted by technology.

Many dental practices are overwhelmed with creating and implementing privacy and security policies and procedures and how to prepare a privacy impact assessment.

Angela and I discussed practical privacy tips for your dental practice to help reduce the overwhelm.

These tips apply to all types of healthcare practices.

 

“Talk Shop – Protect Your Business from Information Breaches”

Jean Eaton is a guest on Lauren Sergy's “Talk Shop” YouTube channel.

Talk Shop: learn from industry experts to be a better communicator in work and in life, hosted by @lsergy. Privacy tips for business owners, just in time for Data Privacy Day!

For more Data Privacy Day resources and events from the National Cyber Security Alliance, click the button below!

Visit the National Cyber Security Alliance - Data Privacy Day website

Stay Safe Online

For more information about how to get involved in Data Privacy Day and the Champions program, visit https://staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day.

You can also follow the campaign on Twitter at @StaySafeOnline or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DataPrivacyNCSA and use the official hashtags #PrivacyAware and #DataPrivacyDay to join the conversation.

Please use the social share buttons to share these Data Privacy Day activities with your friends and colleagues.

Follow Us On Social Media!

Each day, from January 22 – 28, we will have daily privacy tips and free links to additional resources on social media accounts that you can download and use right away!

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Data Privacy Day 2019 Events for You!

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Jean Eaton in Archive

Data Privacy Day is an internationally recognized day dedicated to creating awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information.

Information Managers Ltd is a Data Privacy Champion!

As a DPD Champion, Information Managers recognizes and supports the principle that organizations, businesses, and government all share the responsibility to be conscientious stewards of data by respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust.

“Each of us is responsible to manage our name and our identity. When you share your personal information, you have the right and responsibility to ask the person or business why they need the information and how they will protect your personal information.”

 Jean L. Eaton, Your Practical Privacy Coach of Information Managers Ltd.

Data Privacy Day Activities

Understanding Mandatory Privacy Breach Notification

To celebrate Data Privacy Day, Information Managers is hosting a free 30-minute webinar on Monday January 28, 2019.

Mandatory Privacy Breach Reporting is here!

Do you know how this will affect your healthcare practice?

. . then this free webinar is for you!

If you are a custodian–including physicians, pharmacists, optometrists, dentists, dental hygienists, chiropractors,  nurse practitioners, podiatrists, midwives, optometrists, opticians, and more!–as defined by Alberta's Health Information Act, then  . . then this free webinar is for you!

You need to know how mandatory privacy breach notification will affect you!

In this Free Webinar, Jean L. Eaton, Your Practical Privacy Coach will explain

  • what is a privacy breach
  • why a privacy breach is a significant problem
  • why have mandatory privacy breach notification
  • lessons learned in the first 4 months of mandatory notification
  • offence and penalty provisions of the HIA
  • privacy breach notification requirements
  • what you need to do now

 


“Talk Shop – Protect Your Business from Information Breaches”

Jean Eaton is a guest on Lauren Sergy’s “Talk Shop” YouTube channel.

Talk Shop learn from industry experts to be a better communicator in work and in life hosted by @lsergy. Privacy tips for business owners just in time for Data Privacy Day!

Talk Shop learn from industry experts to be a better communicator in work and in life hosted by Lauren Sergy!

 

 


I Heart Privacy!

Just in time for Data Privacy Day!

Print badges for your team.

I heart privacy Right-Click the image and select ‘Save As' to download and insert the image into your favourite templates to make badges or stickers or labels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or, use the done-for-you sheet of labels that you can print right away and slip into badge holders or print to stickers or labels.

I Heart Privacy DPD Badges      I Heart Privacy Badges

You can even customize the labels and add your business name!

 

 

 

Privacy is good for business

“Data Privacy Day Forum in Edmonton”

Alberta’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) OIPC is hosting a free event on Friday January 25 including Mandatory Breach Reporting under the Health Information Act: The First Four Months . Register at https://www.oipc.ab.ca/.

Follow Us On Social Media!

Each day from Jan 22 – 28, we will have for daily privacy tips, and free links to additional resources on our social media accounts  that you can download right away! Follow us!

Twitter

 

 

Stay Safe Online

For more information about how to get involved in Data Privacy Day and the Champions program, visit https://staysafeonline.org/dpd . You can also follow the campaign on Twitter at @DataPrivacyDay or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DataPrivacyNCSA and use the official hashtag #PrivacyAware to join the conversation.

Please use the social share buttons below to share these Data Privacy Day activities with your friends and colleagues.

#DataPrivacyDayHealthcare, #PrivacyAware, Data Privacy Day, Data Privacy Day Champion, Data Privacy Day Edmonton

Data Privacy Day 2018 Events for You!

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Jean Eaton in Blog

Data Privacy Day is an internationally recognized day dedicated to creating awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information.

Information Managers Ltd is a Data Privacy Champion!

As a DPD Champion, Information Managers recognizes and supports the principle that organizations, businesses, and government all share the responsibility to be conscientious stewards of data by respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust.

“Each of us is responsible to manage our name and our identity. When you share your personal information, you have the right and responsibility to ask the person or business why they need the information and how they will protect your personal information.”

 Jean L. Eaton, Your Practical Privacy Coach of Information Managers Ltd.

Data Privacy Day Activities

“How to Hire a Business Associate With Confidence”

What Healthcare Providers Need to Know about Business Associate Agreements and Information Manager Agreements

To celebrate Data Privacy Day, Information Managers is hosting a free 30-minute webinar with guest expert Kimberly Shutters, BCS, is the founder and CEO of HIPAA alli on Tuesday January 23.

Health care providers are responsible to know how their business associates secure protected health information.

But, how do you select, monitor, and demand high standards from your vendors and business associates?

In this Privacy Nugget Webinar Kimberly Shutters of HIPAA alli and Jean Eaton will discuss frequently asked questions about Business Associate and Information Manager Agreements.

The healthcare provider is responsible for the privacy, confidentiality, integrity and availability and the security of the personal protected health information regardless where the information is kept and who you authorized to create, receive, maintain and transmit the PHI.

Health care providers and business associates need to work together to protect health information.

Make sure your business associates are not putting you at greater risk of privacy and security breach, penalties, sanctions and even jail!

Join the discussion on Information Management Agreements, Information Sharing Agreements, and Business Agreements in healthcare.

Kimberly Shutters is a powerful advocate for HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach compliance activities for health care entities and business associates.

The mission of her consulting practice, HIPPA alli,  is to ensure that her clients understand how their daily activities impact the privacy and security of their patient’s Protected Health Information (PHI).

 

 

 

Along with your registration for the event you'll also receive occasional PRIVACY NUGGETS emails designed to provide to you tips, tools, templates and training that you can use right away!


“Talk Shop – Protect Your Business from Information Breaches”

Jean Eaton is a guest on Lauren Sergy’s “Talk Shop” YouTube channel.

Talk Shop learn from industry experts to be a better communicator in work and in life hosted by @lsergy. Privacy tips for business owners just in time for Data Privacy Day!

Talk Shop learn from industry experts to be a better communicator in work and in life hosted by Lauren Sergy!

 

 


I Heart Privacy!

Just in time for Data Privacy Day!

Print badges for your team.

I heart privacy Right-Click the image and select ‘Save As' to download and insert the image into your favourite templates to make badges or stickers or labels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or, use the done-for-you sheet of labels that you can print right away and slip into badge holders or print to stickers or labels.

I Heart Privacy DPD Badges      I Heart Privacy Badges

You can even customize the labels and add your business name!

 

 

 

Privacy is good for business

“Data Privacy Day Forum in Edmonton”

Alberta’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) OIPC is hosting a free event on Monday January 22 including topics on artificial intelligence and big data. Register at https://www.oipc.ab.ca/.

Follow Us On Social Media!

Each day from Jan 22 – 28, we will have for daily privacy tips, and free links to additional resources on our social media accounts  that you can download right away! Follow us!

Twitter

 

 

Stay Safe Online

For more information about how to get involved in Data Privacy Day and the Champions program, visit https://staysafeonline.org/dpd . You can also follow the campaign on Twitter at @DataPrivacyDay or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DataPrivacyNCSA and use the official hashtag #PrivacyAware to join the conversation.

Please use the social share buttons below to share these Data Privacy Day activities with your friends and colleagues.

#DataPrivacyDayHealthcare, business associate agreement, Data Privacy Day, Data Privacy Day Champion, Data Privacy Day Edmonton, information management agreement

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