I understand what you are saying but don't agree. Just because something carries risk does mean that it shouldn't be done. We have to understand and manage the risks.
Email is much safer than faxing, quicker than post and potentially more useful than texts. That means that with the right controls it' a good vehicle for such communications.
Brainless and opportunistic (don't worry I didn't take that personally) - no.
Sensible and pragmatic - yes.
But it must be done properly. Do I trust the carriers? No more or less than I Trust my bank (which is not much) - but I still have Internet banking. Risk v reward.
Simon Howarth MSc. MBCS CITP
Director and Senior Consultant
The Information Edge
Mob. 07836 365588
Webtech Systems Limited t/a The Information Edge. Registered in England No. 3428632
www.informationedge.co.uk
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Secure Messaging for patients
Very quickly. Simon, I just want to say I am being horrified by your message saying that email "it's a very effective and secure communications medium and a perfect vehicle for providing key information to patients".
This is something one could have sensibly said twenty years ago when cyber crime did not exist.
Today, there is an 30% yearly increase in the amount of crimes perpetrated through various internet and text based media, always involving personal data and it is simply irresponsible that people use technologies of information communication with a brainless and opportunistic attitude or overtrusting the intelligence of the carriers, the mediators or the recipients.
Brunella Longo
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http://www.brunellalongo.co.uk
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Email: bl @ brunellalongo.co.uk
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