[jpalawaga]

HIPPA protects medical records, which isn't so much as 'collected' as much as they are generated (and held) on behalf of the patient.

So, I'd say this is a pretty disingenuous reading. They're clearly talking about something more akin to GDPR. Conflating HIPPA (or, say, top secret document classification) is not a productive vector of discussion.

[hedora]

OK, what about COPPA, the FCRA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Privacy Shield Framework, or any of the other stuff this branch of the FTC works on:

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/privacy-security

We definitely have federal privacy laws. They are inadequate, but that the survey asked if they exist, not if they are sufficient.

It doesn't matter what they are talking about in the article, since this is an article about how people responded to the survey question, not about how they responded to the article (before it was even written).

[philwelch]

If a doctor takes my blood pressure or asks about symptoms I’ve experienced, he is collecting data from me and putting it into medical records.

[sidewndr46]

Where do you live that you aren't asked your medical history on your first office visit? That is definitely collection.

[Ferret7446]

That is such a shameless linguistic copout you should feel ashamed. "Generated" my ass, you could argue all digital data is "generated". It sure ain't lying on the streets to be collected by trucks.