They will find a way around it. Maybe they will claim it doesn’t count because it is tried to metadata and not an individual person.
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DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev 4 months agoThe data on a site like that is ridiculously valuable. Sooner or later someone may decide to give a marketing company contracted by a big pharma company just one little peak at some data.
In the Untitled States, that data is protected via several statutes, HIPAA being the most widely known and robust governance over such information.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 months ago
expr@programming.dev 4 months ago
HIPPA is no joke and companies actually don’t fuck around with it. It’s not worth it. It’s one of the few pieces of consumer protection out there that has real teeth. Under HIPPA, you are expressly forbidden from using personal health information for anything unrelated to that patient’s care, and companies can and are fined heavily for violating it.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
It’s only illegal if you can’t afford the fines. As businesses routinely prove, if your company is big enough they just budget for fines.
ShunkW@lemmy.world 4 months ago
HIPAA fines are massive for now. So the cost risk doesn’t work for them yet. But I’m sure some politicians will find a way to make it just the cost of doing business soon.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
The other option is “It’s too expensive to go after them.” See: Taxes.