[NYLoCo] Nonprofit Confidentiality! (This installfest is for their innocent employees' home systems)

[David Quist]

Sandra Greer wrote:
> I was not thinking of doing this for the nonprofit agencies  
> themselves. They are HIPAA-happy, understandably. The target was the  
> people who work there, who have these nonprofit jobs and a little PC  
> at home. The woman who gave me this idea was complaining about her  
> drive being dead and was in the process of calling Dell. All that was  
> wrong was a bunch of popups. People like that need Ubuntu, but they  
> are impossible to talk to (I'm a trainer and very patient, but there  
> are limits). They need to get their kids involved.
> 
> Sandy
> 
> 
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 5:59 PM, David Quist wrote:
> 
> Just one more random thought when dealing with nonprofits -
> 
> although this is an issue for anyone, nonprofits providing social or
> health services have to be particularly careful about their data - esp.
> when the client mix includes those who have or are receiving services
> related to HIV/AIDS, STDs, substance abuse or mental health.
> Confidentiality is a really big deal, with some hefty legal penalties
> for disclosure (even if inadvertent).  Just something to keep in mind as
> you try to help them through the backup process - among other things you
> probably don't want possession of the data, even if only temporarily.
> 
> I don't mean to complicate things, but it's probably worth the aside
> just so nobody gets surprised.
> 
Sorry - I misunderstood the focus.  Still sounds like a cool idea.