Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: I believe Chris was expressing his surprise that a server that potentially contains huge amounts of personal data (hospital) would be given out without the hospital IT staff wiping the drives themselves first. Sure you can have it if you promise to wipe the drives, won't help if any of the data got into the wild :0 I work in the medical field and something like this in our company would get fools fired Depends on the relationship between the hospital and the person who got the server. I've done this myself with hardware but the relationship is that essentially I am their IT dept. including all the required NDA's and HIPAA requirements. I have a badge for the location as well. If they have hardware they want to get rid of they give it to me and I wipe the drives then do what I want with them. Giving it to $random_computer_expert is certainly an issue, but if there is a company a hospital relies on for it's IT says they will wipe the drives I can't see an issue with it. Christopher Fisk -- Ramereth SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE ... wee, finally get some snow bazik ENLARGE YOUR SNOW! GAIN UP TO 3 INCHES! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
What Type and Model number? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS/6000 Even a ten year old Super Computer is a little slow today... Let us know how you make out. (Thanks.) Rick Glazier From: tmservo Sometimes you have to wonder... Client, good friend, calls me today and says he was 'given' something and asked if I had interest. I was kind of stunned when he told me what. A quick phone call and I was told 'yes, its fine, they promised to erase all the drives' What were they given? An rs/6000 in a cabinet the hospital just replaced. 'Just make sure to wipe the data?'. You have got to be kidding me. Yellow truck picked it up headed my way this afternoon. Sent via BlackBerry
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
I believe Chris was expressing his surprise that a server that potentially contains huge amounts of personal data (hospital) would be given out without the hospital IT staff wiping the drives themselves first. Sure you can have it if you promise to wipe the drives, won't help if any of the data got into the wild :0 I work in the medical field and something like this in our company would get fools fired lopaka From: Rick Glazier rickglaz...@gmail.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, January 4, 2010 9:37:58 PM Subject: Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder... What Type and Model number? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS/6000 Even a ten year old Super Computer is a little slow today... Let us know how you make out. (Thanks.) Rick Glazier From: tmservo Sometimes you have to wonder... Client, good friend, calls me today and says he was 'given' something and asked if I had interest. I was kind of stunned when he told me what. A quick phone call and I was told 'yes, its fine, they promised to erase all the drives' What were they given? An rs/6000 in a cabinet the hospital just replaced. 'Just make sure to wipe the data?'. You have got to be kidding me. Yellow truck picked it up headed my way this afternoon. Sent via BlackBerry
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
Yep. A data server from a major hospital, which on quick check still has all dbs.. Its called 'hipaa nightmare'. Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Robert Martin Jr. lopa...@pacbell.net Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:54:24 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder... I believe Chris was expressing his surprise that a server that potentially contains huge amounts of personal data (hospital) would be given out without the hospital IT staff wiping the drives themselves first. Sure you can have it if you promise to wipe the drives, won't help if any of the data got into the wild :0 I work in the medical field and something like this in our company would get fools fired lopaka From: Rick Glazier rickglaz...@gmail.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, January 4, 2010 9:37:58 PM Subject: Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder... What Type and Model number? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS/6000 Even a ten year old Super Computer is a little slow today... Let us know how you make out. (Thanks.) Rick Glazier From: tmservo Sometimes you have to wonder... Client, good friend, calls me today and says he was 'given' something and asked if I had interest. I was kind of stunned when he told me what. A quick phone call and I was told 'yes, its fine, they promised to erase all the drives' What were they given? An rs/6000 in a cabinet the hospital just replaced. 'Just make sure to wipe the data?'. You have got to be kidding me. Yellow truck picked it up headed my way this afternoon. Sent via BlackBerry
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
I did not take it that way at all. I don't understand WHO said this: A quick phone call and I was told 'yes, its fine, they promised to erase all the drives' (Yea, right???) My DR. will not let me out of the building with his HD on a retired machine. I have to take it out, hand it to him, show him there was only one, and THEN I can have the rest. BUT THEN is gets better. I stopped at the on-site Pharmacy on my way out, and since I had a computer under my arm, they offered me their cash register to repair. (And an old printer from the back.) Yea, this stuff happens... ;-( I'm hoping you are cleaning that as fast as possible to create plausible deniability that it was never there... (Either that or turn the Idiots in before you get caught with the info...) My wife trains Hipaa and does very lite IT work, (but my lips are sealed about this...) Rick Glazier From: tmservo Yep. A data server from a major hospital, which on quick check still has all dbs.. Its called 'hipaa nightmare'.
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
I did not take it that way at all. See my other reply to OP. Rick Glazier From: Robert Martin Jr. I believe Chris was expressing his surprise that a server that potentially contains huge amounts of personal data (hospital) would be given out without the hospital IT staff wiping the drives themselves first. Sure you can have it if you promise to wipe the drives, won't help if any of the data got into the wild :0 I work in the medical field and something like this in our company would get fools fired
