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I really don’t understand why so many people think so many things fall under HIPAA. Just because it is tangentially related to medical information (in this case the fact that your location showed you were close to a medical center), does not mean it falls under HIPAA.
Because they don't teach anything useful in public schools and it costs $40000 a year to study law
See my reply further down the chain. There’s no need for a law degree, and it’s incredibly simple to tell if HIPAA has even a slight chance of applying.
Nothing about this situation is related to HIPAA, and doesn’t even come close to HIPAA being relevant. People just throw the acronym around, which is what makes no damn sense.
This is covered by FTC regulations, and I agree it shouldn’t be allowed to be sold. But not at all something HIPAA would apply to.
During covid, my company was deemed essential. (Non-healthcare) They would send a email alerting people to the fact that someone had had covid in the building, but refused to name that individual due to it "being a HIPAA violation."
It was so frustrating. I'm like, that's not how that works.
Mmmmm that’s actually a little different, depending on where the information was coming from. If you were a third party working to inform people, based on information provided by a healthcare organization, the info could still be covered by HIPAA. It comes down to the originating source of the information, not the company or individual handling it at that point in time.
Nothing so formal. More like just the boss of a construction company not telling people if the person at the desk they were loitering at the day before called in sick cause they tested postive for covid. They didn't want people being conscientious about not infecting anyone else because the ~~spice~~ cash must flow.