The lines between health data and consumer data are increasingly blurred as more technology companies venture into healthcare analytics and data processing. Why does this matter? Because there are state and federal laws protecting healthcare data collected by a person’s insurance company or physician, but for-profit companies that may collect healthcare and other sensitive person data are often not subject to these laws. In addition, healthcare companies subject to state and federal healthcare privacy laws are increasingly leaning on third party technology companies to derive value or insight from the healthcare data they collect in ways that would surprise many consumers.
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