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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

You're right they don't, but only for covered entities which MS is not in any shape or form

It's just like when Grindr or whatever leaked people's STD status, they nor MS are a medical provider or "covered business entity"

HIPAA is an ok privacy law, but it is not the all supreme health privacy law you think it is