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A coworker clicked a link in his business email thinking that he would be entered into a contest to win a trip to Hawaii, but it actually planted a virus in his system and potentially spyware. Does this need to be reported as a breach?

by Mackenzie Foster | Aug 20, 2015

You call Bob’s podiatrist, who works at another organization, to talk to him about Bob’s treatment. Is this a breach?

by Mackenzie Foster | Aug 20, 2015

You call one of your buddies from medical school, who now has his own practice just down the road from you, and you tell him that Bob, one of your patients, has the nastiest foot fungus that you’ve ever seen. Is this a breach?

by Mackenzie Foster | Aug 20, 2015

You just saw your uncle rushed into the ER department, which you do not work at, and you want to know what is going on, so you look up his file. After performing a risk assessment, your organization deems this to have the potential to harm your uncle’s reputation. Is this a breach?

by Mackenzie Foster | Aug 20, 2015

You work in a nursing home where the rooms hold two patients with curtains between them. You quietly tell one of the patients that they will need to have more radiation treatment, but their roommate still hears you. Is this a breach?

by Mackenzie Foster | Aug 20, 2015

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