up a level  post article  search  admin  Contact  main  parent	Re: Use Health Vault, Lose Your Rights by Sean Lynch on Friday October 05, 2007 @ 08:29 AM If Microsoft is reserving the right to analyze data on your machine, this prodcut may not be HIPPA compliant. I believe any health practitioner, health care provider, insurance industry user, or anyone covered under HIPPA would have to get documentation from Microsoft stating that no HIPPA covered data would be used for analysis.	Related Links Articles on Health-IT Failures Also by Sean Lynch Contact author
	The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. ( Reply ) Re: Use Health Vault, Lose Your Rights by lksjt on Friday October 05, 2007 @ 10:51 AM Check your MS license agreements since Windows 2000 SP 4, Windows Media Player 9, and Windows XP, and you'll find they have had administrative rights for years now to every file on your computer without providing any privacy protections in return. [ Reply to this ] Re: Use Health Vault, Lose Your Rights by Annie Anton on Sunday October 07, 2007 @ 08:57 PM Actually, because Microsoft is not a covered entity as defined in the HIPAA; thus, HealthVault is not governed by the HIPAA -- yet another vulnerability because it means that those who entrust their sensitive health data to HealthVault are not afforded any of the protections afforded by the HIPAA. [ Reply to this ] The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. ( Reply )

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