>>> ...to checking that the technical prerequisites are in place to ensure that doctors' and lawyers' files are secure...
Forget the privacy issues. That a government is inspecting the safeguards of lawyers is something to applaud. I;m on a bunch of ABA committees that constantly discuss the ridiculous state of security at most law firms. Most US states require that lawyers,in short, "try". So long as some modicum of effort is put into securing client secrets the average law firm won't hear anything from their bar associations.
(Yes, I said most! Most firms are actually very small, without the budget even for a full-time IT person.)
Forget the privacy issues. That a government is inspecting the safeguards of lawyers is something to applaud. I;m on a bunch of ABA committees that constantly discuss the ridiculous state of security at most law firms. Most US states require that lawyers,in short, "try". So long as some modicum of effort is put into securing client secrets the average law firm won't hear anything from their bar associations.
(Yes, I said most! Most firms are actually very small, without the budget even for a full-time IT person.)