Re: EULA

["Gregory A. Gilliss" <ggilliss () netpublishing com>]

Okay, this is from my girlfriend, so flame her if it's wrong :-)

Basically, a HIPAA compliant hospital/practice/etc. that is found to be
in violation of, say, the regs on software change control, can be fined
up to US$ 10,000 per violation. I would guess that tha *could* be construed
as "per personal computer" if they wanted to be dicks about it...

But, it gets better...if they hospital/practice/etc that has been 
inspected and cited doesn't comply with the violated HIPAA regs,
they can be closed down.  BAM!  In practice I do not think that this has
happened (yet) because the whole HIPAA thing is so new. However if you
look at it from the security perspective, I expect that M$ legal will be
amending their existing EULA for health care providers as soon as they read
about this...

G

On or about 2003.09.09 14:08:04 +0000, David Hayes (david.hayes () mci com) said:

> So, if a HIPAA site uses Windows and accepts the SP3 EULA, they're
> screwed.  If a HIPAA site uses Windows and does not accept the SP3
> EULA, they're screwed.
>
> Logical conclusion, if a HIPAA site uses Windows, they're screwed.
> Thus they should use a different OS?
>
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> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 01:13:21PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 08:43:14 PDT, D B <geggam692000 () yahoo com>  said:
> >
> > > does the EULA of Microsoft violate lawyer client
> > > privilege ..... as in  if my lawyer is using windows
> > > is he violating my rights 
> >
> > I can't speak for the legal profession, but the SP3 EULA (the one where you agree to
> > allow Microsoft to install, without warning or notification, anything labeled a "security
> > patch", even if it breaks 3rd party software), is known to be very bad mojo for sites
> > covered by HIPPA, because it cedes software change control.
> >
> > Of course, if you fail to agree to the EULA and you're a HIPPA site, you're still screwed
> > because then you can't install post-SP3 patches.
>
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