HIPAA is a federal law that prevents some -- but not all -- of your personal health information from being shared without your consent.

No, asking if you are vaccinated is not a HIPAA violation. You’ve seen the videos of people claiming COVID-19 protocols are HIPAA violations. But, what does HIPAA actually cover?

No, it's not a HIPAA violation for businesses to ask for proof you've been vaccinated. Here's what the healthcare privacy law actually means and what it protects.

(WASHINGTON) -- Late last month Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, raised eyebrows around the country when she claimed that a reporter's question about her COVID-19 vaccination..

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A bar asking your vaccination status is not a HIPAA violation. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) By Jessica Roy Assistant Editor, Utility Journalism . July 26, 2021 5:14 PM PT .

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Asking a person for proof of vaccination against the coronavirus (COVID-19) might feel like an invasion of privacy, but it is not considered a HIPAA violation and businesses ...

For example, asking someone’s vaccine status is not a HIPAA violation. But a doctor sharing a patient’s vaccination status without the patient’s permission is a violation.

“HIPAA does not prevent anyone from asking anything,” Alan Meisel, a University of Pittsburgh professor, told the Associated Press. “What it does is prohibit certain health care entities ...

If you’re being interviewed and a journalist asks you if you’re vaccinated, is that a violation of HIPAA? No. What if your employer is asking you to prove you’ve been vaccinated &… ...

What is HIPAA? Here’s what to know about health care law violations as businesses reopen and employers and reporters ask about coronavirus vaccination status.

Neither of those incidents are HIPAA violations, Shah said, because journalists are not included in HIPAA. Similarly, despite what North Carolina’s lieutenant governor recently suggested, people ...