Re: Are Google/MSFT bound by HIPAA?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Joseph M. Saul [jmsaul () ctconsultancy com]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:01 AM
To: David Farber
Cc: ip
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:  Are Google/MSFT bound by HIPAA?

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, DAVID FARBER wrote:

> > Dr. Zimmer asks a very important question; unfortunately the answer is, "it
> > depends."  There are opinions on both sides of this answer.  Some claim
> > that Google and Msft are, indeed, bound by HIPAA's privacy and disclosure
> > guidelines; other say, "hold on, it's not so clear that they are."

The question was whether they're currently bound by the HIPAA Privacy
Rule.  As it currently stands, they don't fit into any of the covered
entity categories.  Are you talking about what would happen if they moved
into the healthcare space, or are you saying they may actually be bound
today?  And if it's the second one, could you explain the reasoning?

   -- Joe Saul, J.D.

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