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HIPAA enforcement within the U.S. officially got underway with the first sanction applied the the Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) in July; I blogged about it here.

Last fall the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) contracted the help of Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) to start doing HIPAA compliance audits for them.

Trust is very important to successful business.  Trust is a result of validated reliance upon another person or entity.

Trust is NOT a control.

I was surprised to see an announcement from February 28 that U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras is leaving the FTC at the end of March.