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title: The iShare Medical Blog | Privacy and Security
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# iShare Medical® Blog

 iShare Medical® is your connection to Healthcare Interoperability, Direct Protocol, HISP Services, Direct Messaging, Electronic Health Information Exchange and HIPAA-Compliant Email.

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## [Safeguarding Healthcare Data: The Essential Role of PKI](https://blog.isharemedical.com/safeguarding_healthcare_data_the_essential_role_of_pki-0-0-0)

Sight unseen behind the scenes PKI plays an essential role in safeguarding medical information through advanced authentication and encryption methods.

**What is PKI?**

 

PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is a security and identity framework that uses digital keys and certificates for digital identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, access, and digital signatures to help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of health information.

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Oct 5, 2023 / [Interoperability](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/interoperability), [Privacy and Security](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/privacy-and-security), [Healthcare](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/healthcare), [cryptography](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/cryptography), [IOT](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/iot), [public key infrastructure](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/public-key-infrastructure), [PKI](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/pki), [Direct Secure Messaging](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/direct-secure-messaging), [DirectTrust](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/directtrust)

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## [FTCs 8 Best Practice Guidelines for Health App Developers](https://blog.isharemedical.com/ftc_8_best_practices_for_consumer_app_developers)

 

The FTC recently settled two “First-of-Its-Kind” civil penalty cases. Both cases involved consumer health apps that disclosed and/or sold for advertising purposes consumer personal health information without the consumers’ written consent. Further, in both cases, the FTC found

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Apr 24, 2023 / [FTC](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/ftc), [Federal Trade Commission](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/federal-trade-commission), [consumer health app](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/consumer-health-app), [Privacy and Security](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/privacy-and-security)

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