We use the power of the law to secure dignity, 
           opportunity, and well-being for people facing 
           barriers due to illness or disability.
   Objective
   • To ensure that you understand the importance of guarding 
    confidential medical information, how HIV information is treated 
    differently from other medical information, discrimination that takes 
    place today and the importance of confidentiality, and the provisions 
    of applicable privacy laws including the Illinois AIDS Confidentiality 
    Act. 
   Agenda
   • Privacy and confidentiality.
   • Why do we have heightened protections for HIV?
   • How you can protect the privacy and confidentiality of people living 
    with HIV.
   A few terms we will use today
   • PLWH – People Living with HIV
   • IL ACA – Illinois AIDS Confidentiality Act
   • HIPAA – Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
   • PHI – Protected Health Information
                          What is privacy and 
                          confidentiality?
                          • What is privacy?
                                   • Definition of privacy 1
                                             • 1a : the quality or state of being apart from company or observation : seclusion
                                             • 1b : freedom from unauthorized intrusion one's right to privacy
                                             • 2a : secrecy
                                             • 2b : a private matter : secret
                          • What is confidentiality?
                                   • Definition of confidential 2
                                             • 1 : marked by intimacy or willingness to confide a confidential tone
                                             • 2 : private, secret confidential information
                                             • 3 : entrusted with confidences a confidential clerk
                                             • 4 : containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest — top secret
                                             •   1 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privacy
                                             •   2 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidentiality