5 Tips for Better Data Privacy
Your privacy matters! Don’t be a target of data theft. Protect what’s yours by following these easy steps.
Your privacy matters! Don’t be a target of data theft. Protect what’s yours by following these easy steps.

5 Tips for Better Data Privacy:
- Secure your devices and accounts with strong passphrases
- Disable WiFi or Bluetooth when not in use
- Avoid using public wireless networks or hotspots
- Keep your apps up to date
- Delete apps you no longer use
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Questions and answers about privacy and civil liberties at the Defense Health Agency Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) program.
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This template is designed to assist the Department of Defense Institutional Review Board with determining if DHA data disclosed to a research study will, in any form (de-identified or otherwise), be placed in a research repository and, if so, the type of data and whether any Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance requirements are applicable.
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1/29/2021
The IRB HIPAA Compliance Review Findings on Data Requests.
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1/20/2021
The RRT asks researchers whether they intend to put data into a repository, and if yes, what data and under what governance terms.
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This Section addresses the Contractor’s requirements under The Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act), The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and The Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as set forth in applicable statutes, implementing regulations and DOD issuances.
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This PGI provides standard language that shall be included in all purchased and non-purchased care solicitations and contracts where the contractor’s performance involves access to PII/PHI (unless those solicitations and contracts incorporate the TRICARE Manuals in their entirety, in which case this PGI does not apply).
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The DHA Privacy Office has developed this PPP to present its strategic concept of operations, including descriptions of how DHA complies with federal privacy requirements and related information management subject areas.
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This issuance, in accordance with the authority in DOD Directive 5124.02, establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for DOD compliance with federal law governing health information privacy and breach of privacy; integrating health information privacy and breach compliance with general information privacy and security requirements in accordance with federal law and DOD issuances; health information technology, system interoperability, and exchange of electronic health information, in relation to federal law governing health information privacy and breach; and DOD contracting and procurement activities in relation to federal law governing health information privacy and breach.
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This instruction establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for security of individually identifiable health information created, received, maintained, or transmitted in electronic form (referred to in this instruction as “electronic protected health information (ePHI)”).
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