An investigator obtains consent and HIPAA authorization from subjects to review their medical records and HIV status. He plans to go back to the medical record, so the HIV status information is stored along with subject identifiers in a database that he keeps on his laptop computer. His laptop is stolen. This incident constitutes:.
a. A FERPA violation
b. A HIPAA violation
c. An invasion of privacy
d. A breach of confidentiality

A breach of confidentiality

Explanation:

A breach of confidentiality is said to have occurred when information or data that a client provides to you in confidence becomes open for a third party to see without getting the consent of the client. A breach occurs whether the information of the client was intentionally or unintentionally disclosed. For the instance in the question, even though the laptop is not stolen on purpose, legal action can be taken against the investigator for such laptop loss because the confidentiality of the information of the client has been breached.

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