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hey, they made amazon pinky-swear they wouldn't violate HIPAA. and companies have never reneged immediately after promising not to do bad things. https://www.

• adrr 4y ago
  HIPAA is a law with real teeth.
  • olliej 4y ago
    yet as we see here those teeth are only applicable to specific classes of businesses - it offers no protection against medical companies selling or leaking your private medical data unless HIPPA applies to the business. There needs to be a law governing the handling of any private medical or health data regardless of business, and that law needs to preclude T&Cs that let a company ignore the law
    • mulmen 4y ago
      This is a civil penalty. It opens the door for class action and criminal investigation, both of which can carry much steeper fines.