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Bradley Long's avatar

What if you have neither lol

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Marison Souza's avatar

If you were born, if you've ever been to a doctor or hospital, if you have a bank account or a credit card .. sorry to tell you, but you have both :D hahaha

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Bradley Long's avatar

I believe I was born lol

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Marison Souza's avatar

LOL

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Stefan Ebers's avatar

You mentioned HIPAA but you missed an important piece... HIPAA was not designed for privacy, it is a way of companies sharing your data by default without your consent. It is at the heart of the problem.

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Marison Souza's avatar

You’re absolutely right!! thanks for bringing this up.

HIPAA was never truly about giving individuals control; it was about regulating how institutions share and manage health data

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Alemany's avatar

The fines these companies are paying due to their (our) data being “breached or hacked” is minuscule. Are these fines just a “tax” for the healthcare companies who are selling our private data?

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Marison Souza's avatar

Yes. I wrote about this here:

"According to the article, the Irish Data Protection Commission managed to collect only 0.6% (€19.9 million) of the €3.26 billion in fines applied between 2020 and 2024."

https://privalogy.com/p/only-06-of-fines-are-paid?utm_source=publication-search

You're right, we are too far

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