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as an american, no thank you. compelled speech is not okay

Is the HIPAA[1]'s privacy rule compelled speech? Do you believe corporations have a right to unlimited surveillance derived from their right to free speech?

[1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_a...

"The Privacy Rule gives individuals the right to request a covered entity to correct any inaccurate PHI."

"The Privacy Rule requires covered entities to notify individuals of uses of their PHI. Covered entities must also keep track of disclosures of PHI and document privacy policies and procedures."

HIPAA does a lot of damage to innovation in healthcare research and industry. Still, I don't know why you assumes every law that exists is perfect justification for the a more expansive law. This is exactly why slippery slope is not a fallacy. The state always wants more power under the guise of providing safety.

wtf? How is requiring you to be responsible for other people's information that you collected "compelled speech"?

If you don't want the law to affect you, don't spy on people, it's that simple.

if you don't want to agree to my terms of service, don't use my service. don't force me to implement features and increase costs on other voluntary users. don't use products you don't want to use, its that simple.

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