HIPAA only covers what medical info companies keep on you. They can ask and you can decline, but they can also refuse to hire you. HIPAA is to keep companies from selling your data without permisson and to keep people from calling medical offices and getting your data. It also holds any companies keeping medical data liable if your data is leaked. Unfortunately, it doesn't say that companies of any kind can't ask or require your data; it only covers what happens to it after you provide it.
I was answering the question. The privacy laws he was asking about were HIPAA. I never claimed they protected anyone from anything. But I bet it was what he was thinking of, and a lot of people believe HIPAA will protect them. The name is knda misleading and makes it sound as if it is for the benefit of the citizen or something silly like that.
Can a company ask if you have AIDS before hiring you?
It was a serious question.
HIPPA Privacy laws.
HIPAA only covers what medical info companies keep on you. They can ask and you can decline, but they can also refuse to hire you. HIPAA is to keep companies from selling your data without permisson and to keep people from calling medical offices and getting your data. It also holds any companies keeping medical data liable if your data is leaked. Unfortunately, it doesn't say that companies of any kind can't ask or require your data; it only covers what happens to it after you provide it.
I was answering the question. The privacy laws he was asking about were HIPAA. I never claimed they protected anyone from anything. But I bet it was what he was thinking of, and a lot of people believe HIPAA will protect them. The name is knda misleading and makes it sound as if it is for the benefit of the citizen or something silly like that.
HIPAA.
That one is also important
Your personal health info is not the business of an employer.
HIPAA