Question 1

Is PHI Mask HIPAA compliant?

Accepted Answer

PHI Mask is HIPAA-compatible. Your file is masked in your browser and never sent to us, so there is no BAA to sign, and without a signed BAA we cannot claim HIPAA compliance.

Question 2

Do I need a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with PHI Mask?

Accepted Answer

A business associate agreement (BAA) covers a vendor that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits protected health information for you. Your file never leaves your browser, so we hold none of it and there is nothing to sign.

Question 3

Does masking make a document de-identified under HIPAA?

Accepted Answer

Not by itself. Safe Harbor de-identification requires every one of the eighteen identifier types to be gone, and expert determination is a separate formal route. PHI Mask finds what it can and shows you the result. Your review is the gate, not the detection. Handwriting is never read in your browser, so check those fields yourself.

Question 4

What about the assistant I send the masked copy to?

Accepted Answer

Sending a masked copy is still a disclosure to whoever receives it. Anything the mask missed travels with the file. Check the terms of the tool you paste into and whether your organization needs its own agreement with that vendor. That is a separate question from PHI Mask.

Question 5

What if I already pasted patient information into ChatGPT?

Accepted Answer

Treat it as a disclosure that already happened. Whether it has to be reported is a decision your privacy officer or your organization's process makes, not one a tool can make for you. Write down what was shared and when, delete the conversation if your account allows it, and check whether an agreement with that vendor covers the plan you were signed in to.

Question 6

Does PHI Mask store my documents or files?

Accepted Answer

No. PHI Mask does not receive, store, or log the documents and text you mask. Detection and masking run locally in your browser. See the Data Usage Policy.

Question 7

Is PHI Mask free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Personal use and trial evaluation are free, with no account required. Professional, clinical, and client work requires a commercial license.

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