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  "path": "/t/my-doctor-violated-my-privacy-by-using-ai-in-a-very-disturbing-way/38608#post_10",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T14:00:36.000Z",
  "site": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net",
  "tags": [
    "How do I compellingly advocate for my privacy with doctors and other healthcare professionals?",
    "in the US, by law, a doctor can only use Gmail, if it’s a business google account."
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  "textContent": "beantaco:\n\n> Are there any disclosures or obvious signs of AI use evident in the infographic? Sometimes AI generated outputs disclose which AI was used.\n\nAs far as I can tell, there is no indication on the infographic about which AI was used. It doesn’t have any watermarks. However, you made me realize it had more information about me that I thought.\n\n**Not only does it have my full legal name, and multiple illustrations of my likeness, but it also has my age, address, profession, marital status, and parental status… It also has the date of my visit.**\n\nThis makes me wonder if these infographics are more for the doctor than the patient.\n\nsierra6:\n\n> AI itself is not necessarily a privacy violation; there are healthcare-focused and HIPAA-compliant AI tools available.\n\nSwampTrainer:\n\n> First, it IS entirely possible that the doctor is using some “secure AI” systems. There are many HIPPA-Compliant vendors.\n\nI am aware of that. Earlier this year, was in touch with a different doctor, who admitted to me she used AI, and told me exactly the name of the software and company, and it was one that catered exclusively the the medical field.\n\nAlthough I don’t believe that is the case for my current doctor, even if it was, I cannot be sure that my privacy is protected. Also, I think that that kind of information needs to be disclosed in advance.\n\nMoreover, as I mentioned in my original post, the use of AI was not the first privacy violation I noticed. My doctor didn’t have a privacy policy in her medical forms, and her practice uses Gmail and WhatsApp.\n\nsierra6:\n\n> The same is true of Google Workspace (in reference to your other thread) and, in some circumstances, WhatsApp.\n\nBased on my research, WhatsApp is unequivocally NOT HIPAA compliant and cannot be. And by default neither is Google.\n\nHow do I compellingly advocate for my privacy with doctors and other healthcare professionals?\n\n> It’s my understanding that in the US, by law, a doctor can only use Gmail, if it’s a business google account. Only then do they have some form of protection.\n>\n>> _Gmail is HIPAA compliant, and can be used to receive, store, or send Protected Health Information (PHI) when Google’s email service is used as part of an Enterprise Workspace Plan supported by a Business Associate Addendum to the Workspace Terms of Service._\n\nSignal is also not HIPAA compliant despite being very private. My understanding of HIPAA compliance is that one of the requirements is that you have to have a contractual relationship with the medical field that binds your to legal responsibilities and obligations.\n\nSwampTrainer:\n\n> Second, check that the infographic is actually 100% accurate.\n\n**What do you mean by this?**\n\n**Are you asking if the information about me in the infographic is accurate, or if the scientific information presented is generally sound?**\n\nSwampTrainer:\n\n> But a doctor using AI to dispense inaccurate and potentially harmful information without a cross-check is 100% a malpractice suit waiting to happen.\n\nI don’t believe the doctor was using AI to diagnose me. She was using it purely to illustrate the information I had given her and her diagnosis so far.\n\nSwampTrainer:\n\n> I’m not a fan of being litigious, but at some point this doctor is going to let ChatGPT tell someone to do something that will harm them, and that’s worth making a stand about now while the stakes are low.\n\nThat’s a real danger, but it’s not the situation I am in.\n\nIn the past, I have seen doctors use Google in front of me to search about my symptoms. At first I thought that was concerning, but then I came to realize that it’s normal and doctors don’t know everything. In my case, it was a GP who looked up my symptoms on Google, and then referred me to specialist based on her understanding. She made the right move.\n\nThat being said, with AI forced on people in search engines, Google searches can become dangerous because information might not be accurate if you are no willing to look at direct sources.",
  "title": "My doctor violated my privacy by using AI (in a very disturbing way)"
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