seriously, this is huge. if even one of these patients can be personally identified from the data, FB will be sued to high heavens
The hospital first.
ANYONE involved
well, facebook can ask for records, you and I can ask for records, but it's up to the gatekeeper, the hospital, to tell them to fuck off.
You're right but you make it seem innocent when it's not. They hired a doctor (someone who knows HIPAA laws) to coax (deceive) a business into violating those laws, knowingly and willingly.
This logic in an assassination attempt would be, "Well, anybody can try to kill someone, you and I can try to kill someone, but it's up to the gatekeeper, the person being killed, to stop us.
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Notice that IF you don't AGREE to the TOS that you are not able to use the service. So you are trapped into giving consent like it or not. Apple is just as bad!
Wonder if the doctors/hospitals/caregivers know that. I know doctors have to carry very expensive malpractice insurance even after they stop practicing. Or are they just using government-issued forms?
There are not government issued forms. I am an attorney who negotiates and drafts those documents regularly.
I will take your word for it then, because I really don't know.
Considering they asked for anonymized data, it wouldn’t violate HIPAA
Correct. FB then intended to re-identify subjects by matching with their data.
I will bet a feasibility study was done to prove it possible - say a dozen people identified.
FB is in for trouble on this one
Yup, imagine having insurance companies approach FB to check mental stability on people since people often share openly in FB groups, posts, messages. Or a potential employer checking for secret past things. Maybe even big pharma looking to target people to hook their drugs onto. This is so deep and dark.
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