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I just wanna say one thing about this, when I found out that FB was looking to find healthcare data from hospitals and other providers to like to peoples profil

I just wanna say one thing about this, when I found out that FB was looking to find healthcare data from hospitals and other providers to like to peoples profile it sent the chills up my spine. that is seriously creepy. if something like is available then probability of it being abused is almost 1. right now my facebook usage is fairly low but I'll delete my account for sure if there is any truth to that.

lotu 9y ago
That sounds like an explicit HIPA violation and is very much against the law for both the hospital to share the data and Facebook to do that linking. It sounds tin foil hat conspiracy to me.
- pwinnski 9y ago
  There is no evidence that any hospitals agreed, but it is no fantasy or conspiracy that Facebook tried. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-data-sharing-plan-healthcare https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-...
- spacehome 9y ago
  Facebook isn't a healthcare provider, so they're not bound by HIPAA.
- DesiLurker 9y ago
  its most definitely not a tin foil hat conspiracy, refer [1]. a quick google will yield many more. regarding the HIPAA violations it is true that hospitals cant share the data, that may be the only saving grace for now but are you certain there is no loophole that can be exploited? or may be introduced in next budget? Also its definitely not illegal for FB to do the linking should they come across such data. I'd accuse you of naivety if you assume that not the direction they want to head into. there are many scenarios I can think of that make the problems exponentially worse especially for people in countries without a well functioning justice system. IMHO the best course of action is to starve the beast. 1. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-data-sharing-plan-healthcare https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-...

lotu 9y ago

That sounds like an explicit HIPA violation and is very much against the law for both the hospital to share the data and Facebook to do that linking. It sounds tin foil hat conspiracy to me.

pwinnski 9y ago
There is no evidence that any hospitals agreed, but it is no fantasy or conspiracy that Facebook tried. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-data-sharing-plan-healthcare https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-...
spacehome 9y ago
Facebook isn't a healthcare provider, so they're not bound by HIPAA.
DesiLurker 9y ago
its most definitely not a tin foil hat conspiracy, refer [1]. a quick google will yield many more. regarding the HIPAA violations it is true that hospitals cant share the data, that may be the only saving grace for now but are you certain there is no loophole that can be exploited? or may be introduced in next budget? Also its definitely not illegal for FB to do the linking should they come across such data. I'd accuse you of naivety if you assume that not the direction they want to head into. there are many scenarios I can think of that make the problems exponentially worse especially for people in countries without a well functioning justice system. IMHO the best course of action is to starve the beast. 1. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-data-sharing-plan-healthcare https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17203262/facebook-medical-...