Knowledgebase: PamFax General
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Is PamFax HIPAA compliant?
Posted by Richard S, Last modified by Richard S on 09.02.2012 - 11:34
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PamFax is HIPAA compliant, according to the following HIPAA requirements for a software solution: Requirement: Is always encrypted as it is transmitted over the Internet PASS: PamFax only uses encrypted connections via TCP/IP. As such none of the data is transferred in bits and not as a complete document. Requirement: Is not lost, i.e. should be backed up and can be recovered PASS: PamFax saves your sent faxes for 30 days, if you have a Pro Plan the history is saved indefinitely. Requirement: Is only accessible by authorized personnel PASS: Only a small part of our staff have access to fax data. These people are contractually bound to keeping data security rules. Requirement: Is not tampered with or altered PASS: Servers are managed by selected staff. No external access is possible. Requirement: Should be encrypted if it is being stored or archived PASS: Data is stored on secure servers. Requirement: Can be permanently disposed of when no longer needed PASS: You can delete your fax history items manually. How does a conventional email to fax service stack up to these requirements? Requirement: Is always encrypted as it is transmitted over the Internet
FAIL: Data is not encrypted during transmission. Requirement: Is not lost, i.e. should be backed up and can be recovered MAYBE: Depends how often you do backups. Requirement: Is only accessible by authorized personnel
MAYBE: Depends on how securely you have setup your computer. Requirement: Is not tampered with or altered
FAIL: No way to be sure that data is not tampered with or to tell if it has been as its been sent via the internet without encryption. Requirement: Should be encrypted if it is being stored or archived
FAIL: Data is never encrypted locally in your email software. Is stored on many IPS hosts as a not encrypted full document. Requirement: Can be permanently disposed of when no longer needed
FAIL: Deleting an email still leaves the sent data sitting on many ISP servers. As you can see, PamFax is a secure solution compared to an email to fax solution.
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