* My question is: Why do we have to redact these and other bits of personal information, when similar records from my institution ending up in other repositories are not being redacted at all? The reason is that health care providers - as distinct from other repositoies - are "covered entities" under the federal HIPAA regulations. The folks at the Alan Mason Chesney archives at Johns Hopkins have been most helpful to me in resolving accessibility issues. Ginny Steele, MA [log in to unmask] The Children's Hospital 1056 E 19th AV Box 080 Denver CO 80218 303.860.4220 -----Original Message----- From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lesley W. Brunet Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Redacting Social Security Numbers? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message is legally privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and delete the original message. Thank you A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>