Welcome to the ‘HIPAA: Breach Notification Rule – Breach Exceptions’ video lesson meant to explain three exceptions to what constitutes a breach. This lesson is the third of five in the ‘HIPAA: Advanced – Breach Notification Rule’ video course, which is meant to explain how to recognize, assess, and report breaches of protected health information (PHI). Through examples and designations made by the Privacy Rule, viewers will learn about ways in which mistakes when handling PHI do not constitute breaches. After watching this lesson, viewers will learn not to jump to conclusions when they encounter a potential breach.