Company
Date Published
Author
Kay Ploesser
Word count
1922
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

In HealthTech applications, managing health-related data necessitates compliance with regulations such as HIPAA in the United States, which requires implementing technical and administrative safeguards to protect sensitive data. However, if the customer encrypts their data before sending it, it can provide plausible deniability, as the service provider does not have access to the data's content or the encryption key. A secure proxy can facilitate this approach by encrypting data at the customer's site before it is transmitted, allowing the service provider to handle encrypted data without needing to comply with HIPAA directly. This secure proxy acts as an intermediary, encrypting and decrypting data as necessary, ensuring that sensitive information remains inaccessible to unauthorized parties. The process is illustrated through a GitHub repository example involving an analytics API, a proxy API server, and a client, demonstrating how the secure proxy can be implemented to maintain data privacy and security.