AMA Insights into HHS OCR RFI Comments, HIPAA Criminal Prosecution, and COPPA Compliance

Summary: What are Gerry and Steve talking about this week?<br> Steve had an opportunity to talk with the AMA and provide a deeper dive into their comments to HHSs’ recent request for information related to HIPAA updates. The guys dig into a rare instance of federal criminal prosecution of HIPAA violation. They finish up discussing an FTC fine of TikTok, a popular social media app, for violating COPPA.<br> As always they end with One Cool Thing.<br> <a href="https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/infosec/e65-infosecicu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Show Notes</a><br> <br> Resources:<br> Guilty Plea in Rare HIPAA Criminal Case<br> <a href="https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/guilty-plea-in-rare-hipaa-criminal-case-a-12150" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/guilty-plea-in-rare-hipaa-criminal-case-a-12150</a><br> FTC Fines TikTok $5.7M<br> <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/02/video-social-networking-app-musically-agrees-settle-ftc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/02/video-social-networking-app-musically-agrees-settle-ftc</a><br> One Cool Things<br> Robot invasion of Las Vegas<br> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidschwartz/2018/08/09/the-robot-invasion-of-las-vegas-might-be-horrifying-or-no-big-deal/#4ecd208e2956" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidschwartz/2018/08/09/the-robot-invasion-of-las-vegas-might-be-horrifying-or-no-big-deal/#4ecd208e2956</a><br> Robot invasion of Professional Baseball<br> <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2824558-mlb-to-experiment-with-robot-umpires-more-rule-changes-in-atlantic-league" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2824558-mlb-to-experiment-with-robot-umpires-more-rule-changes-in-atlantic-league</a><br> Contact<br> Email <a href="mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu">infosecicu@musc.edu</a><br> Twitter:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gerry Auger (@Gerald_Auger)</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/sgcardinal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steven Cardinal (@sgcardinal)</a><br> <br>