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The Record: ChatGPT Health feature draws concern from privacy critics over sensitive medical data
January 8, 2026
“Individuals sharing their electronic medical records with ChatGPT Health “would remove the HIPPA protection from those records, which is dangerous,” said Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
The U.S. has no comprehensive privacy law, which creates real risks for people sharing health data with OpenAI, Geoghegan said, because the company can ultimately do what it wants with the sensitive health data it collects.
“ChatGPT is only bound by its own disclosures and promises, so without any meaningful limitation on that, like regulation or a law, ChatGPT can change the terms of its service at any time,” Geoghegan said.”
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