scholarly journals PERSONAL DATA IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-37
Author(s):  
Eduardo Carrillo ◽  
Maricarmen Sequera
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Biometric Data ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Institute

Purpose ”“ The research aims to observe and describe the legal framework and implementation practices of personal databases management in the Social Security Institute (IPS), the most important public social insurance system in Paraguay. Methodology ”“ The research is exploratory, consisting on both substantive and procedural law analysis of health information storage regulations and its compliance. Also, interview to private companies, the public sector and one qualified worker insured by IPS are conducted to better understand collection, storage and maintenance of health records databases. Findings ”“ Research indicates evidence that biometric data storage of insurers does not have adequate regulation for its protection. It also shows evidence that private companies don’t deliver by default medical records to workers, as well as potential access to these records by administrative personal. Evidence also signals that clinics performing medical examinations request more sensitive information than required by law. Research limitations It is identified that a broader private company sample could be of use to better understand workers health record collection. Also, third party auditing IPS IT systems could be of use to further understand information management practices and vulnerabilities. Practical Implications ”“ A series of discretional practices are identified, signaling regulatory standardization urgency for all actors. A comprehensive Protection of Personal Data Act is needed. Originality ”“ No comprehensive research targeting the IPS system and its health personal data management processes is identified. The research is considered an initial contribution to the state of the art on the subject and specially to biometric collection and storage.

Human rights and biometric data. Social credit system

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Olga O. Bazina
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Credit System ◽  
Biometric Data ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Social Credit ◽  
The Social

Biometrics, as a field of science, analyzes the physical and behavioral characteristics of people in order to identify their personality. A huge amount of technology in the field of biometric data collection is developed by IT giants like Google, Facebook, or Alibaba. The European Union (EU) took an important step towards biometric data confidentiality by developing a unified law on the protection of personal data (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR). The main goal of this action is to return control over personal data to European citizens and at the same time simplify the regulatory legal basis for companies. While European countries and organisations are introducing the GDPR into force, China since 2016 has launched a social credit system as a pilot project. The Social Credit Score (SCS) is based on collecting the maximum amount of data about citizens and assessing the reliability of residents based on their financial, social and online behavior. Only critical opinions can be read about the social credit system in European literature, although the opinions of persons being under this system – Chinese citizens – are quite positive. In this context, we should not forget about the big difference in the mentality of Asians and Europeans. The aim of this article is to compare EU law and the legislation of the People's Republic of China regarding the use and storage of biometric data. On the basis of statistical data and materials analysed, key conclusions will be formulated, that will allow to indicate differences in the positions of state institutions and the attitude of citizens to the issue of personal data protection in China and the European Union.

scholarly journals Use of local anesthetic for the resolution of benign anorectal pathology in the Social Security Institute of Guatemala (IGSS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Pablo Maldonado Hernández ◽  
Laura Ramírez Godoy ◽  
Maxi Méndez Morán ◽  
Jorge San José Gómez ◽  
Juan Pablo Cordoba Paíz
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Local Anesthetic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Institute ◽  
Anorectal Pathology

Biomimetics for business? Industry perceptions and patent application

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryo Kohsaka ◽  
Yoshinori Fujihira ◽  
Yuta Uchiyama
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Patent Application ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
The Social ◽  
International Comparative

Purpose Biomimetics are expected to contribute to sustainable environmental management; however, there has been no exploration of industry perceptions by using empirical data. This study aims to identify the trends and perceptions of biomimetics. The industrial sectors in Japan and international patent application trends are analyzed. Design/methodology/approach An online survey to identify the perceptions of staff members in Japanese private companies (n = 276) was conducted. Japan is an emerging country in terms of the social implementation of biomimetics, and this paper can provide insights into other such countries. Findings It is identified that the strength of connections to biomimetics differs across industrial sectors. The respondents from companies that use nanoscale biomimetics tend to have the knowledge of, and experience in, biomimetics. Regarding the overall understanding of patent applications, Japanese private company employees require knowledge of patent application trends and country rankings as potential factors influencing the development of biomimetics. Social implications Knowledge transfer and sharing of experience among engineers and researchers of nanoscale technologies and urban scales are necessary to facilitate biomimetic advancement. Originality/value The results of the first survey and an analysis of the perceptions of staff members in private companies in Japan are provided to show the challenges in the social implementation of biomimetics. The results can be referred to for the social implementation of biomimetics in emerging countries. The method of this study can be applied to an international comparative analysis in future research.

scholarly journals Nicaragua bajo el terror de la pareja Ortega-Murillo: antecedentes y construcción progresiva de una dictadura

Revista Trace ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Delphine Lacombe
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Contemporary History ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
Delayed Reaction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Presidential Decree ◽  
Pension Benefits ◽  
Social Security Institute

El 18 de abril 2018, Nicaragua se sumergió en una de las crisis políticas y sociales más trágicas de su historia contemporánea. La firma de un decreto presidencial que reformaba el Instituto de Seguridad Social, reducía los beneficios de la jubilación y elevaba las contribuciones provocó una ola de protestas que se expandió por todo el país. El descontento devino rápidamente en una insurrección cívica bajo el reclamo de la renuncia presidencial y elecciones anticipadas, esta fue reprimida con enorme violencia. En este artículo se analizan las causas y factores que anuncian esta crisis política. Finalmente, se cuestiona la reacción tardía de la opinión pública internacional a la construcción gradual de un poder dictatorial en Nicaragua iniciada en 2007.Abstract: On April 18th 2018, Nicaragua plunged into one of the most tragic political and social crises of its contemporary history. Following a presidential decree reforming the Social Security Institute that reduced pension benefits while raising contributions, a wave of protest spread across the country. This wave became a civic insurrection demanding the president’s resignation and early elections and it was repressed with the utmost violence. This article summarizes the predictors and reasons for this political crisis. It finally questions the delayed reaction of international public opinion toward the progressive building of dictatorial power in Nicaragua, begun as early as 2007.Keywords: Nicaragua, Sandinism, Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo, Repression, dictatorship.Résumé : Le 18 avril 2018, le Nicaragua a basculé dans l’une des crises politiques et sociales les plus tragiques de son histoire contemporaine. À la suite d’un décret présidentiel réformant l’Institut de sécurité sociale pour diminuer les allocations des retraités tout en élevant les cotisations, une vague de contestation a gagné l’ensemble du pays. Celle-ci, devenue une insurrection civique demandant la démission présidentielle et des élections anticipées, fut réprimée avec la plus grande violence. L’article revient en synthèse sur les facteurs annonciateurs et les raisons de cette crise politique. Il interroge finalement la réaction tardive de l’opinion publique internationale face à l’édification progressive d’un pouvoir dictatorial au Nicaragua, lancée dès 2007.Mots-clés : Nicaragua, sandinisme, Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo, répression, dictature.

Digital transition and public administration in Italy: the experience of the Italian National Social Security Institution − INPS

2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Bonavolontà ◽  
Massimiliano D’Angelo
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cultural Innovation ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Security Institution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Digital Transition ◽  
Model Of Excellence ◽  
Social Security Institute

The innovation and modernization processes of national public administrations feature prominently in the process of digital transition that the whole Europe is going through. In Italy, the National Institute of Social Security (Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale, INPS) has historically always been at the forefront in terms of digital skills and the use of Information Technology for the provision of social security services, constituting a model of excellence in the landscape of public administrations both in Italy and Europe. INPS is currently facing a strategic challenge: that of constituting the driving force for the digital transition of the Italian public sector. To meet this challenge, the Italian Social Security Institute has equipped itself with an ICT Plan that represents a marked discontinuity with respect to past plans and which deserves, as a result of its innovative character, to be analyzed in detail. In particular, the ICT Strategic Plan of INPS for the three-year period of 2020−2022 aims to introduce a paradigm shift towards the digitization of the public services that the Social Security Institute offers to the whole country, planning a radical technological, organizational and cultural innovation, an enabling prerequisite for creating a new model service for citizens, businesses and other public administrations.

scholarly journals Russian and German Legislation on Personal Data: Comparative Analysis of Approaches and Practices

Lex Russica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 170-178
Author(s):  
E. N. Matyukhina
Keyword(s):  
Data Storage ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Biometric Data ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Identification Documents ◽  
German Legislation

The paper analyzes the legislative acts on the collection and storage of biometric data of citizens and the changes in the idea of how the legal state can and should be arranged, what the guarantees of the security of providing such data to various structures in the Russian and German legislation are. The idea of a rule-of-law state was, as you know, was developed in Germany by C. T. Welker, R. v. Mohl, R.G. Gneist and J.C. Freiherr von Aretin and was borrowed by Russian statesmen — S. S. Alekseev, V. M. Gessen, N.M. Korkunov, A. F. Kistyakovsky, S.A. Kotlyarevsky, P.I. Novgorodtsev, N.I. Paliyenko. During the existence of our States, this concept has undergone many changes in both its Russian and German versions, which each time was dictated by a number of objective reasons. At the present stage, both powers are concerned with the problem of security, the threat of terrorism, fraud in the Internet space. Therefore, in the European Union, for example, the requirement for identification documents to contain biometric data is now mandatory for all member countries. European thought, as revealed in the analysis of existing concepts and experience of their implementation, was a few steps ahead — while in Russia laws are adopted without discussion with citizens infringing their rights guaranteed by the Constitution, Europe is concerned with the creation of a data storage system representing the cultural heritage of mankind. The rule of law state has become to a large extent a metaphor for which a particular citizen does not feel any content. The use of this term has become a technological tool for the state to achieve political and geopolitical goals, a way to prove that we are also among the civilized liberal democracies and market economies, which distorts the essence of the idea of the rule of law for a particular person. The Russians themselves often do not understand the idea of the rule of law and the mechanism for its achievement.

scholarly journals Therapeutic Efficacy of Ivermectin as an Adjuvant in the Treatment of Patients with COVID-19 Study conducted at the Social Security Institute for Workers of the State of Chiapas, ISSTECH, Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 211-215
Author(s):  
Alberto Cundapí Núñez ◽  
Gerardo Grajales Yuca ◽  
Jesús Miguel Leyva Cervantes ◽  
Ana Paola Rubiano Murcia ◽  
Marco Antonio Ordoñez Juárez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Therapeutic Efficacy ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Specialty Hospital ◽  
Decreasing Lethality ◽  
Social Security Institute

This document sets out the results of a study aimed at estimating the therapeutic efficacy of ivermectin as an adjuvant in the treatment of COVID-19 patients treated at the Specialty Hospital Vida Mejor of the Institute of Social Security for Workers of the State of Chiapas, ISSTECH, Mexico. Ivermectin as an adjuvant in the treatment of COVID-19 patients is more effective (92%) outpatient patients. In critical hospitalized and severe hospitalized patients, ivermectin had a significant impact, both in improving patients' health and decreasing lethality

New laws offer hope for Mexico’s domestic workers

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
International Labour Organisation ◽  
Seguro Popular ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Salaried Workers ◽  
Fixed Wage ◽  
Social Security Institute

Subject Domestic workers' rights. Significance The Senate on May 14 passed a bill granting labour rights to Mexico’s 2 million domestic workers. The changes grant such employees the same rights as other salaried workers, including compulsory affiliation to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), which provides health care and other benefits, a contract, a fixed wage and maximum working hours. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) will now sign the bill into law, though the provisions amending the Federal Labour Law (LFT) and the Law of the Social Security Institute (LSS) will not come into effect till 2020. Impacts The reforms will have only a limited impact in reducing informal employment, which accounts for 56.9% of workers (30.8 million people). IMSS affiliation would immediately benefit some 30% of domestic workers who used to be covered by the dismantled Seguro Popular. Mexico is yet to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on Domestic Workers; it is unclear whether or when it will.

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