Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) — Question 100

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Light Blue Health (LBH) is a healthcare technology company developing a new web and mobile application that collects personal health information from electronic patient health records. The application will use machine learning to recommend potential medical treatments and medications based on information collected from anonymized electronic health records. Patient users may also share health data collected from other mobile apps with the LBH app.

The application requires consent from the patient before importing electronic health records into the application and sharing it with their authorized physicians or healthcare provider. The patient can then review and share the recommended treatments with their physicians securely through the app. The patient user may also share location data and upload photos in the app. The patient user may also share location data and upload photos in the app for a healthcare provider to review along with the health record. The patient may also delegate access to the app.

LBH’s privacy team meets with the Application development and Security teams, as well as key business stakeholders on a periodic basis. LBH also implements Privacy by Design (PbD) into the application development process.

The Privacy Team is conducting a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to evaluate privacy risks during development of the application. The team must assess whether the application is collecting descriptive, demographic or any other user related data from the electronic health records that are not needed for the purposes of the application. The team is also reviewing whether the application may collect additional personal data for purposes for which the user did not provide consent.

What is the best way to minimize the potential harms from a data breach?

Answer options

• A. Dissociate the patient health data from the personal data
• B. Employ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to access the app
• C. Exclude the collection of personal information from the health record
• D. Ensure that all files collected by the app and stored on the device are password-protected

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enhances security by requiring multiple forms of verification before access is granted, making it harder for unauthorized users to breach the app. While dissociating data, excluding personal information, and password-protecting files are important measures, they do not directly prevent unauthorized access to the application itself, which is crucial in minimizing breach risks.