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Re:Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a pri... by Flammy on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:18AM (#15072624)
> This information is not legally considered PHI.

Do you have any sources that go into more detail?

When I've worked on PII in analytics, even TLDs were treated carefully. (obviously not the same from a legal perspective...)

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Re:Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a pri... by chimeracoder on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:06PM (#15076782)
> Do you have any sources that go into more detail? When I've worked on PII in analytics...

PHI is an incredibly well-defined term legally and is not equivalent to PII. Some things that constitute PHI actually wouldn't qualify as PII.

There are a lot of resources that explain HIPAA in great detail; if you want to know the specifics like here, you have to read the bill and the case law itself.

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