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HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
The U.S. law setting standards for protecting patient health information, including from unauthorized exposure to AI tools.
Related terms
Compliance Monitoring
Continuous, often automated tracking of data handling against regulations like GDPR or HIPAA, flagging violations in real time.
Data Privacy Laws
National and regional statutes — GDPR, HIPAA, and equivalents — governing how personal data may be collected and processed.
PHI (Protected Health Information)
Health-related information linked to a specific individual, protected under regulations such as HIPAA.
Sector-Specific Compliance
Regulatory requirements tailored to an industry — HIPAA for healthcare, AML for finance — dictating how data must be handled.
See HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) in practice
Questa AI anonymizes sensitive data before it reaches any AI model — across documents and live prompts, with governance and data-residency control.