[kwlug-disc] have I ever told you guys that Facebook is evil?

[Doug Moen]

It's a for-profit hospital, so maybe they are violating HIPAA so that they can display higher quality Facebook ads in the patient appointment booking portal? To increase profits. Seriously, I can't come up with any other motive.

Hacker news if you want to see a ton of comments on this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31764406

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, at 6:16 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> I really can't understand how a hospital in the USA would design their site 
> to share information with a third party (Facebook in this case), despite them
> having the HIPPA legislation since the late 90s. 
> 
> https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/guidance-materials-for-consumers/index.html
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