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Re:Facebook deploys AI for early signs of suicide by rosser on Monday November 27, 2017 @03:52PM (#15791224)
If you talk about it outside a privileged context, you're implicitly waiving the privacy protections.

For example, if you run into your physician in public, and say, "Hi Doc. Have you gotten my test results back yet?" you're the one pointing out that she's your doctor, not her. If she, unprompted, said something about your test results to you, she'd have violated HIPAA.

It's your privacy to waive as you please.

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Re:Facebook deploys AI for early signs of suicide by evandev on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:32PM (#15791641)
The P in HIPAA doesn't stand for Privacy.
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Re:Facebook deploys AI for early signs of suicide by rosser on Monday November 27, 2017 @05:43PM (#15792329)
No, it stands for "Portability."

HIPAA does, however, have a section explicitly governing the privacy of patient medical information, under Title II, generally known as "The Privacy Rule".

EDIT: Tone and specificity.

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