California Covid-19 risk screening and testing • Hacker News Board

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by byproxy » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:05 AM UTC

lostdog wrote: post #9

I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere. Nor the ability to request that data be deleted. I wish they would take privacy for this more seriously than Google's baseline level of privacy.

from the FAQ:

> How will you protect my privacy?

>We are committed to maintaining high privacy standards and keeping your data safe. Project Baseline follows federal and state regulations governing the collection and use of an individual's data, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Data is stored in advanced systems with best-in-class security and privacy protocols.

https://www.projectbaseline.com/faq/

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by ModernMech » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:09 AM UTC

Why does it take 4 seconds to load each page? Is that just me?

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:09 AM UTC

lostdog wrote: post #9

I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere. Nor the ability to request that data be deleted. I wish they would take privacy for this more seriously than Google's baseline level of privacy.

> I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere.

There is an on page link to the applicable privacy policy: https://www.projectbaseline.com/covid-19-privacy/

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by ModernMech » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:10 AM UTC

foogazi wrote: post #3

That was quick

They had 1700 engineers working on it, what'd you expect?

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by benjaminmarks » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:11 AM UTC

byproxy wrote: post #11

lostdog wrote: post #9

I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere. Nor the ability to request that data be deleted. I wish they would take privacy for this more seriously than Google's baseline level of privacy.

from the FAQ: > How will you protect my privacy? >We are committed to maintaining high privacy standards and keeping your data safe. Project Baseline follows federal and state regulations governing the collection and use of an individual's data, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Data is stored in advanced systems with best-in-class security and privacy protocols. https://www.p…

Note that this text only appears under "How will you protect my privacy" _under the FAQ page_. If you look at the question with the same title on the landing page, HIPAA is not mentioned

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:11 AM UTC

byproxy wrote: post #11

lostdog wrote: post #9

I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere. Nor the ability to request that data be deleted. I wish they would take privacy for this more seriously than Google's baseline level of privacy.

from the FAQ: > How will you protect my privacy? >We are committed to maintaining high privacy standards and keeping your data safe. Project Baseline follows federal and state regulations governing the collection and use of an individual's data, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Data is stored in advanced systems with best-in-class security and privacy protocols. https://www.p…

That's the general project baseline FAQ, the COVID-19 project FAQ has a similar question which does not address HIPAA: “We are committed to maintaining high privacy standards and keeping your data safe. Project Baseline follows federal and state regulations governing the collection and use of an individual's data. Data is stored in advanced systems with security and privacy protocols.”

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by benjaminmarks » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:12 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #13

lostdog wrote: post #9

I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere. Nor the ability to request that data be deleted. I wish they would take privacy for this more seriously than Google's baseline level of privacy.

> I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere. There is an on page link to the applicable privacy policy: https://www.projectbaseline.com/covid-19-privacy/

For some reason, the text under https://www.projectbaseline.com/faq/ is different than that on the COVID-19 page. The FAQ page does explicitly mention HIPAA compliance

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:12 AM UTC

benjaminmarks wrote: post #15

byproxy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

from the FAQ: > How will you protect my privacy? >We are committed to maintaining high privacy standards and keeping your data safe. Project Baseline follows federal and state regulations governing the collection and use of an individual's data, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Data is stored in advanced systems with best-in-class security and privacy protocols. https://www.p…

Note that this text only appears under "How will you protect my privacy" _under the FAQ page_. If you look at the question with the same title on the landing page, HIPAA is not mentioned

That's because one is about Project Baseline in general (the one that mentions HIPAA) and one is about the special COVID-19 project (the one that does not.) They are different FAQs about different efforts.

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:13 AM UTC

benjaminmarks wrote: post #17

dragonwriter wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I looked for "HIPAA" and didn't find it anywhere. There is an on page link to the applicable privacy policy: https://www.projectbaseline.com/covid-19-privacy/

For some reason, the text under https://www.projectbaseline.com/faq/ is different than that on the COVID-19 page. The FAQ page does explicitly mention HIPAA compliance

Because despite using the Project Baseline webpage, the Verily COVID-19 effort is distinct from Project Baseline and operates under different processes, probably.

Re: California Covid-19 risk screening and testing

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Post by yskchu » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:16 AM UTC

smsm42 wrote: post #6

ludamad wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly they don't mention anything past California as an ambition, was this the idea Trump was talking about?

There are two projects related to Google going on - one is this one, from Verily, another is broader information website, led by Google. From TC[1]: Google later clarified is that there are at least two different efforts here. Google’s work around bringing more information about COVID-19 to its users across its various services — and Verily’s efforts to launch a pilot website “that will enable individuals to do a ris…

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