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The 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
by dreamcompiler 5y ago
The 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).