Just got registered with a local GP in Ireland¹ and their first email states that all their staff are “formally trained in GDPR procedures and any information you give will be used in the strictest confidence.”
Their email address is @gmail.com
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¹ This, in and of itself, is a bloody miracle these days, apparently, and only happened because it’s a new practice that’s just opening up.
@aral this is why FLOSS advocates & hackers should work with doctors, schools, real estate agents, activists… and teach them about privacy & decentralization - while learning from them about real-world use cases for “our” ethics & principles
@aral our pediatrician uses an @gmail.com address and clicking to confirm appointments routes you to an app hosted at a bare IP address, no TLD configured.
@thomholwerda@aral In the U.S many hospital systems use Google Enterpise. It’s like 80K- 100K per year. Everything is E2EE and HIPPA compliant.
But usually businesses use their own domain so you’re not getting a simple @ gmail account. Hopefully they’re paying for business accounts at the very least
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