Thanks for reply Wesley. We still would find GEA very useful for general medical procedural and diagnostic information of encyclopedic nature
best regards, Ralph On Jan 25, 6:38 pm, "Wesley C (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > greetings again everyone, > > App Engine is currently not HIPAA- nor SAS 70-compliant, so highly > sensitive data (HIPAA/PHI data, SSNs, CC numbers, etc.) should not be > stored on App Engine. it is not a good match for that type of data at > this point in time unless, as the previous poster pointed out, that > you've done some bulletproof encryption of that data. unfortunately, i > cannot currently comment on any timeline to get any sort of data > privacy certification. > > with that said however, Google is still a very responsible company > that works very hard on security at all levels. i can also refer you > to a whitepaper from a few years ago which highlights our efforts in > this regard. although written for customers of Google Apps, many of > the same policies apply to App Engine as well, and i'm sure you'll be > able to figure out which ones those are. here's the link to that > whitepaper: > > http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/pdf/ds_gsa_apps_whitepape... > > bottom-line: do not put unencrypted private data into App Engine at this time. > > best regards, > -- wesley > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 > "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 > http://corepython.com > > wesley.j.chun :: [email protected] > developer relations :: google app engine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
