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Re:Tell HN: Full macOS reinstall because Apple ID by rectang on Saturday January 08, 2022 @11:55AM (#29853484)
That seems like a strange analogy, since as far as I know HIPAA is designed to prevent sharing private data with outsiders and should not prevent you from accessing your own data.

I've heard plenty about how HIPAA gets in the way of legitimate sharing with outsiders (e.g. making a common format for medical profile transfer impractical), but I don't recall having heard about it preventing the principal individual from getting answers from their own provider.

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Re:Tell HN: Full macOS reinstall because Apple ID by runjake on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:36PM (#29853974)
OP is making a joke. HIPAA only applies to healthcare providers (so far as I understand from our lawyers).

Edit: Why in the hell is my iPhone erroneously autocorrecting HIPAA to HIPPA?

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Re:Tell HN: Full macOS reinstall because Apple ID by ohyeshedid on Saturday January 08, 2022 @01:44PM (#29854742)
> Edit: Why in the hell is my iPhone erroneously autocorrecting HIPAA to HIPPA?

Crowd-sourced autocorrect dictionary on display. :\

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Re:Tell HN: Full macOS reinstall because Apple ID by DarylZero on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:05PM (#29858635)
HIPAA is one of the more absurd excuses people use to refuse to give information.

Realistically corporations are more likely to use less blatantly stupid excuses ("our insurance policy forbids...").

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