Privacy incident definition

Privacy incident means a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, acceptable use policies, or standard security practices, involving the breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), whether in electronic or paper format.

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Privacy incident means violation of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes chapter 13); violation of federal data disclosure or privacy requirements in federal laws, rules and regulations; and/or breach of a contractual obligation to protect State data. This includes, but is not limited to, improper or unauthorized access to, viewing of, obtaining of, acquisition of, use of, disclosure of, damage to, loss of, modification of, alteration to or destruction of State data protected by such State or federal laws or by contract.

Privacy incident means a violation of an information privacy provision of any applicable state and federal law, statute, regulation, rule, or standard, including those listed in the Contract and this Attachment.

Examples of Privacy incident in a sentence

• Notice shall be made using the “DHCS Privacy Incident Report” form, including all information known at the time.

• If necessary, a Supplemental Report may be used to submit revised or additional information after the completed report is submitted, by submitting the revised or additional information on an updated “DHCS Privacy Incident Report” form.

• The report shall be submitted on the “DHCS Privacy Incident Report” form and shall include an assessment of all known factors relevant to a determination of whether a breach occurred under applicable provisions of HIPAA, the HITECH Act, the HIPAA regulations and/or state law.

• The HHS Policy for IT Security and Privacy Incident Reporting and Response further defines incidents as events involving cyber security and privacy threats, such as viruses, malicious user activity, loss of, unauthorized disclosure or destruction of data, and so on.

• Business Associate shall provide a written report of the investigation to the Covered Entity Chief Privacy Officer, the DHCS Privacy Officer, and the DHCS Information Security Officer, if all of the required information was not included in the DHCS Privacy Incident Report, within ten (10) working days of the discovery of the breach or unauthorized use or disclosure.

More Definitions of Privacy incident

Privacy incident means violation of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes chapter 13); violation of federal data disclosure or privacy requirements in federal laws, rules and regulations; or breach of a contractual obligation to protect State data. This includes, but is not limited to, improper or unauthorized access to, viewing of, obtaining of, acquisition of, use of, disclosure of, damage to, loss of, modification of, alteration to or destruction of State data protected by such State or federal laws or by contract.

Privacy incident means any breach of security resulting in the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized access to personal data transmitted, stored or handled in other ways.

Privacy incident means any incident involving the accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure of, or access to, Personal Data.

Privacy incident means either: i) the loss of control, compromise, unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized acquisition, unauthorized access, or any similar term referring to situations where persons other than authorized users and for an other than authorized purpose have access or potential access to PII, whether physical, or electronic; or ii) a reasonable belief that unauthorized acquisition of PII that compromises the security, confidentiality or integrity of the PII has occurred.

Privacy incident means any use or disclosure of Protected Health Information that is not permitted by this Agreement or that is in violation of the Privacy Rule and shall include a breach of Protected Health Information as the term "breach" is defined in 45 CFR § 164.402.

Privacy incident means an incident that occurs when there is a loss of control, compromise, unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized acquisition, unauthorized access, or failure to secure PII or SPI, whether physical or electronic, or when authorized users access PII or SPI for an unauthorized purpose. The term encompasses both suspected and confirmed incidents involving PII or SPI which raise a reasonable risk of harm to the GLO or to an individual.

Privacy incident means a violation of an information privacy provision of any applicable state and federal law, statute, regulation, rule, or standard, including those listed in the Agreement and this Attachment.