[filoleg]

> Amazon health just has people agree they can violate hipaa

I apologize for feeling the need to even ask this, but are you sure you know what HIPAA actually is?

HIPAA prohibits medical providers from disclosing patients' medical records/info to third parties without their consent. Medical providers can still share that data with third parties with patients' consent. And patients are also absolutely free to share their own health data with absolutely anyone, no consent from anyone else is required.

[bippihippi1]

it allows them to sell your medical data. I guess once you tell someone about your health data then it's no longer health data protected by hipaa?

[filoleg]

> guess once you tell someone about your health data then it's no longer health data protected by hipaa?

It is a bit more complex and involved than this, so a simple answer would be "it depends". However, no matter who it is that is disclosing your health data, they are in the clear to do so as long as you consented to that disclosure and the contract/agreement itself was legally in the clear.

For more caveats/rules around this, I suggest checking the official government page talking about it[0]. I found it to be pretty well-written for a layman person like me to understand.

0. https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/guidance-materials...