<P> Given the series of medical data breaches and the lack of public trust, some countries have enacted laws requiring safeguards to be put in place to protect the security and confidentiality of medical information as it is shared electronically and to give patients some important rights to monitor their medical records and receive notification for loss and unauthorized acquisition of health information . The United States and the EU have imposed mandatory medical data breach notifications . </P> <P> Patients' medical information can be shared by a number of people both within the health care industry and beyond . The Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) is a United States federal law pertaining to medical privacy that went into effect in 2003 . This law established standards for patient privacy in all 50 states, including the right of patients to access to their own records . HIPAA provides some protection, but does not resolve the issues involving medical records privacy . </P> <P> Medical and health care providers experienced 767 security breaches resulting in the compromised confidential health information of 23,625,933 patients during the period of 2006--2012 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with USA and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate . (December 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Consents for treatment are included with what type of information