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ethanwillis

HIPAA has IP addresses listed as one of the unique identifiers you must protect in your dataset.

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Sure, when you're explicitly dealing with patient health data... which is not remotely in Facebook's realm.

Are you sure?

"Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data"

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/facebook-building-8-explored...

"Facebook held a special breakfast for drug marketers about recruiting people for clinical trials"

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/07/facebook-held-a-breakfast-to...

"How Facebook can ‘unblind’ a clinical trial"

https://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Article/2014/06/09/Pfizer...

Yes I'm sure, your links don't bring up any new points. Facebook does not have my medical records.

Only when associated with medical records...

I'm the same person as the other account btw, not trying to hide that.

Oh I completely understand that. What I meant to really say is that at least in some realms we already do consider IP addresses as personal information that should be protected.

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