This guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services teaches employees to define privacy and explain its importance; identify privacy laws, policies, guidance and principles; understand your role in protecting privacy and the consequences for violations; define personally identifiable information (PII) and list examples; protect PII in different contexts and formats; recognize potential threats to privacy; and report a privacy incident.
The Department of Health and Human Services Privacy Awareness Training
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