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user-inactivated  ·  2424 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A story about regulation

I've done several machine learning projects involving data with HIPAA requirements, and it was a pain in the ass because anything involving talking to a lawyer is a pain in the ass, but "I don't need anything personally identifiable for this project, so all the data I'm working with will be anonymized" was always enough after defining some terms. It's annoying, but not much more annoying than traffic lights and those do more good than harm too.