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Meta is being sued for giving US hospitals a data-tracking tool that allegedly ended up disclosing patient information to Facebook (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 2 years ago by HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

While I think this will result in a miniscule fine by the fed, HIPAA has some of the strictest fines of any US Govt violation and could easily be a multimillion/multibillion dollar fine if it was taken seriously and they wanted to make a statement for healthcare privacy.