Physically stolen information can result from recovering documents after they have been improperly disposed of or taking medical records when medical personnel's backs are turned. These are both quite scary scenarios to consider as the outcome has numerous negative effects on the patient's life. Unauthorized disclosure of patient information is the second most common form of breach, accounting for 20% overall. This means that healthcare professionals let patient information be seen and used, knowingly or unknowingly, by someone other than the professionals and the patient themselves. These numbers are both astronomical and preventable. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights states that “between April 2003 and January 2013, they received 91,000 reports of HIPAA violations, of which 22,000 resulted in enforcement actions of various types (from settlements to fines) and 521 resulted in referrals to the U.S. Department of Justice (prosecutions).” The rate of prosecutions may continue to increase, however, it is now our responsibility as medical personnel to prevent information from being disclosed in the first place and to preserve our patients' information