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Re:Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says by I_Am_Nous on Sunday January 21, 2024 @09:50PM (#39085573)
>debit card ending in 6969 purchased Ozempic at pharmacy >debit card ending in 6969 purchased $200 of food, 5% less than they did last month

They don't have to know anything about the specific person to correlate data they likely already have in their POS system.

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Re:Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says by dymk on Sunday January 21, 2024 @10:19PM (#39085785)
HIPAA violation
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Re:Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says by deadlydose on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:51AM (#39086738)
No, I don't think it would be. The last four digits of a CC purchase at a pharmacy won't contain PHI. It will just say "pharmacy." But if you have some data to back that claim up, I'd love to read about it.
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Re:Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says by kelipso on Monday January 22, 2024 @11:36AM (#39091466)
They probably have records for each individual (not just last four digits of CC); I don't think it's hipaa violation as long as the records don't contain personally identifying information.
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