National Nurses’ Week
this is a week to celebrate nurses. There are many nurses in my life aside from myself: family, friends, past colleagues, and students. Amazing individuals and I’m proud to be one (once a nurse,...
Author: K Royal @HeartofPrivacy
Royal Privacy
This week, we visited the Palace of Versailles, not too far outside Paris. It was simply amazing. But privacy…. not a thing. Originally, King Louis XIII built this “hunting lodge” as a way to...
HIPAA – not what you think it is
HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 along with its subsequent amendments) was never intended to interfere with patient care. It was about insurance – it is not the Health Information...
“I have a quick question…..”
The conversation starts with …. I have a quick question..It’s never quick to ask or quick to answer – especially when to really answer the question, more information is required. I should never say...
Explaining “Privacy Attorney”
People often ask me what I do as an attorney (disclaimer….I do not take clients, I work for a company). When I say I’,m a privacy attorney, the reactions range from polite confusion to...
Microwaves, wiretapping, and genetics
Thanks to a friend and colleague, Prof. Gary Marchant at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU, I was invited to join Gary and Caroline Lynch to speak with 3TV’s Politics Unplugged’s Dennis...
User or Loser: two factor authentication
This week I have received 5 “congratulations, your email blanketyblank.royal@gmail.com has been created. ” But for two factor authentication, I would be hacked. Let’s discuss what this is and why you need it. Two...
Privacy Officers are like Washing Machines
Privacy Officers (whether attorneys or non-attorneys) are a lot like washing machines. Aside from the obvious resemblance that we handle dirty laundry, let’s consider some of the other similarities. If there is no agitation...
Do-Si-Do – dancing with privacy: Trump and Cybersecurity
During the current U.S. president’s administration, we have seen a tremendous effort in protecting digital assets and cybersecurity. Industry experts tend to feel that although the initiatives do not take us as far as...
“I think I’m Doing Too Much”
I think I’m doing too much. My family had never heard me say those words. Never. And I don’t just mean my kids – my mom, everyone/no one. Those who know me might recognize...