HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Security & Safeguards · Company practice

Blue Shield says it keeps physical, technical and administrative safeguards and limits access to trained staff

Blue Shield says it is required by law to maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards to ensure the privacy of your PHI. To protect your privacy, it says only authorized and trained workforce members are given access to its paper and electronic records and to non-public areas where this information is stored. Training topics include privacy and data protection policies and procedures, including how paper and electronic records are labeled, stored, filed and accessed, and the physical, technical and administrative safeguards in place to maintain the privacy and security of PHI.

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We are required by law to maintain physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to ensure the privacy of your PHI. To protect your privacy, only Blue Shield workforce members who are authorized and trained are given access to our paper and electronic records and to non-public areas where this information is stored. Workforce members are trained on topics including:

Privacy and data protection policies and procedures, including how paper and electronic records are labeled, stored, filed, and accessed

Physical, technical, and administrative safeguards in place to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI

Qualifications & exceptions

• Access is for workforce members who are authorized and trained.
• The training topics are introduced by "including" and may not be a complete list.

Not stated here

• The specific safeguards in use are not described.

Security & Safeguards · Company practice

Blue Shield says its corporate Privacy Office monitors compliance with privacy policies and educates the organization

Blue Shield says its corporate Privacy Office monitors how it follows its privacy policies and procedures and educates the organization on this topic.

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Our corporate Privacy Office monitors how we follow our privacy policies and procedures and educates our organization on this important topic.

Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

Blue Shield says it will promptly tell you if a breach may have compromised the privacy or security of your information

Under its responsibilities, Blue Shield says it will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.

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Our responsibilities

We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.

Not stated here

• "Promptly" is not tied to a number of days, and the notice does not say how you will be told.