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How is this not a HIPPA violation?

HIPAA is a federal EDI standard for healthcare providers and insurance companies that includes protections for patient safety and privacy as well as security mandates intended to protect the integrity and availability of the medical/insurance data collection and interchange processes. It has nothing to do with the lawful collection of evidence, and in fact specifically allows that:

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/faq/505/what-doe...

HIPPA allows disclosure in response to a court order or warrant (among other things). See here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/164.512#f

IANAL nor American but this feels like another thing stepping on top of their constitution, specially the spirit of the fifth:

> nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself

I can be tried for my data? That's kind of messed up, what if the data was faked, etc.

Of course you can be tried for you data. Letters, records, etc. have always been used.

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