HIPAA primarily governs which type of data?

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HIPAA primarily governs which type of data?

Explanation:
HIPAA focuses on protecting health information—the Protected Health Information (PHI) that can identify an individual and is held or transmitted by covered entities in the US healthcare system. It sets the rules for how PHI can be used or disclosed (Privacy Rule) and the safeguards for protecting electronic PHI (Security Rule), with patients’ rights to access and control their information. This isn’t about personal data of EU citizens (that’s GDPR), nor about classified government data, nor about intellectual property. Those areas are governed by different laws and frameworks.

HIPAA focuses on protecting health information—the Protected Health Information (PHI) that can identify an individual and is held or transmitted by covered entities in the US healthcare system. It sets the rules for how PHI can be used or disclosed (Privacy Rule) and the safeguards for protecting electronic PHI (Security Rule), with patients’ rights to access and control their information.

This isn’t about personal data of EU citizens (that’s GDPR), nor about classified government data, nor about intellectual property. Those areas are governed by different laws and frameworks.

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