There are clearly ways around HIPAA. I’ve had advertising displayed to me that clearly showed they knew that not only had I been to a doctor, but they knew the results of a specific blood test I’d just taken. It’s the fucking patient portals. They’re clearly harvesting data.
If you ever experience this I highly encourage you to file a HIPAA complaint. They take this very seriously and minimum violations are steep. If you have the time and energy, please bring this to the attention of the clinic or facility you visited - I guarantee you there are staff who are in complete agreement with you and would be furious if this were true.
Some of this could be learned or guessed from your behavior too. Google or FB tracking your location. Combined with other factors they might just even guess the right condition, or you googled something and they combine this data to profile you.
Obviously fully possible that you are right too, but that would be a huuuuge violation for a quick buck.
There are clearly ways around HIPAA. I’ve had advertising displayed to me that clearly showed they knew that not only had I been to a doctor, but they knew the results of a specific blood test I’d just taken. It’s the fucking patient portals. They’re clearly harvesting data.
If you ever experience this I highly encourage you to file a HIPAA complaint. They take this very seriously and minimum violations are steep. If you have the time and energy, please bring this to the attention of the clinic or facility you visited - I guarantee you there are staff who are in complete agreement with you and would be furious if this were true.
Some of this could be learned or guessed from your behavior too. Google or FB tracking your location. Combined with other factors they might just even guess the right condition, or you googled something and they combine this data to profile you.
Obviously fully possible that you are right too, but that would be a huuuuge violation for a quick buck.