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>and as such would expect a society to respond to these kinds of crimes with swift and severe punishments including jail time and fines. Can you point to any c
by ska 5y ago
>and as such would expect a society to respond to these kinds of crimes with swift and severe punishments including jail time and fines.
Can you point to any country with a law on the books like this?
- dreamcompiler 5y agoThe USA. HIPAA states that willful or malicious disclosures of identifiable health information with intent to sell for personal gain have penalties of up to 10 years in prison [0]. But of course that's not what TFA was about. [0] https://inspiredelearning.com/blog/hipaa-101-guide-violations-penalties/ https://inspiredelearning.com/blog/hipaa-101-guide-violation...
- ska 5y ago> But of course that's not what TFA was about. Right, there are criminal penalties possible under HIPAA (I don't know if anyone has actually gone to jail under them) but they explicitly don't apply to the situation I was replying to (or I misunderstood it).