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Leveraging Client Processing For Location Privacy In Mobile Local Search, Wisam Mohamed Eltarjaman
Leveraging Client Processing For Location Privacy In Mobile Local Search, Wisam Mohamed Eltarjaman
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Usage of mobile services is growing rapidly. Most Internet-based services targeted for PC based browsers now have mobile counterparts. These mobile counterparts often are enhanced when they use user's location as one of the inputs. Even some PC-based services such as point of interest Search, Mapping, Airline tickets, and software download mirrors now use user's location in order to enhance their services. Location-based services are exactly these, that take the user's location as an input and enhance the experience based on that. With increased use of these services comes the increased risk to location privacy. The location is considered an …
Examining Data Privacy Breaches In Healthcare, Tanshanika Turner Smith
Examining Data Privacy Breaches In Healthcare, Tanshanika Turner Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Healthcare data can contain sensitive, personal, and confidential information that should remain secure. Despite the efforts to protect patient data, security breaches occur and may result in fraud, identity theft, and other damages. Grounded in the theoretical backdrop of integrated system theory, the purpose of this study was to determine the association between data privacy breaches, data storage locations, business associates, covered entities, and number of individuals affected. Study data consisted of secondary breach information retrieved from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights. Loglinear analytical procedures were used to examine U.S. healthcare breach incidents and …