HIPAA Security Rule Checklist The HIPAA Security Rule covers electronic protected health information (ePHI), which is any individually identifiable health information in electronic format. It has 18 safeguards standards, each of which is mandatory, along with 36 implementation specifications. Professor Daniel Solove created this 6-page checklist of the HIPAA Security Rule’s standards and specifications to […]
Train Without the Pain! Sitting through long, mind-numbing training about HIPAA rules is the last thing most employees want to spend their time doing. When most people hear HIPAA training courses they prepare themselves to slog through a boring lecture filled with tedious legalese. Many have been subjected to hours of training that is overly technical, […]
PRIVACY TRAINING FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION This privacy training for federal contractors course (~15 minutes) is designed to meet the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). According to the FAR rule regarding privacy training, federal contractors are required to have “initial training” for their workforce on privacy as well as “annual training […]
DATA SECURITY AWARENESS PHISHING TRAINING Phishers trick people into divulging confidential information or into performing actions that enable unauthorized access into a computer network. The best way to combat phishing is through information security awareness training. People need to be educated about how not to be fooled. Everyone in the workforce needs to be aware […]
Want to Make HIPAA Training Fun? Professor Daniel Solove‘s HIPAA training is highly-engaging and memorable. It has personality. His HIPAA training is widely used because people love it. Training must stick in the mind. Slick corporate training programs that are bland and non-memorable are a waste of time and resources. Many TV commercials are slick, […]
Creative HIPAA Training Cartoons, Vignettes, Games, and Humor Are you looking for fun HIPAA Training? TeachPrivacy’s unique HIPAA cartoons, short HIPAA vignettes, and engaging HIPAA games are ideal for reinforcing the essential points of compliance. Created by HIPAA law expert Professor Daniel J. Solove, these creative training materials are perfect for capturing and keeping the […]
PRIVACY BY DESIGN TRAINING THE RUDE REFRIGERATOR The term “Privacy by Design” was coined by Ann Cavoukian, the former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada and now Executive Director of the Privacy and Big Data Institute at Ryerson University. According to Cavoukian, “Privacy by Design refers to the philosophy and approach of embedding privacy into the […]
PRIVACY AWARENESS & PII TRAINING Defining Personal Information Personal information is sometimes referred to as personally identifiable information (PII) or as personal data (the term used in the EU). Defining what personal information is — and being able to identify it — is essential for privacy awareness training because privacy laws and regulations are triggered […]
GDPR TRAINING PROGRAMS The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted by the European Commission on April 27, 2016. It replaces the EU Data Protection Directive, and became effective on May 25, 2018. The GDPR strengthens privacy protections in the EU and includes a number of additional rights and responsibilities. With a length of about […]
PRIVACY AWARENESS TRAINING DATA RETENTION Storing personal data past the point at which is useful can pose risks to an organization. This course discusses why it is important to be thoughtful about the information one maintains. Keeping unnecessary data can lead to much higher costs in the event of a data breach. It can also damage […]