Timeline for Suggestions for UI for Delicate Question w/ Several Options?
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| Nov 27, 2023 at 18:28 | comment | added | Avana Vana | @jcaron Oh—and 3. Employers are not allowed to ask about HIV status for hiring or discriminate based on HIV status (although there may be exceptions for specific jobs—blood workers in the UK gov’t health system, for example, have to disclose when they are hired). As for an app asking a question that users can choose to answer or not—this is legal, because we are not a medical institution, & it’s just subject to the same data laws (CA w/ CCPA, & now CO, CT, UT, and VA w/ similar regulations this year) as for other data, though the sharing of HIV data w/ other companies is certainly unethical. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 at 18:21 | comment | added | Avana Vana | @jcaron Thank you for your response. Actually there was a big scandal a few years ago with the app Grindr, where they passed non-anonymized user-disclosed HIV data to their technical partners…thereby outing them to potentially…anybody in the world. But from my research the laws around this fall into two categories (in the US, where we are limited, at least initially): 1. HIPAA laws, which only applies to data collected by medical workers, and 2. 33 US states require people who test positive to disclose to sexual partners under penalty of law. | |
| Nov 18, 2023 at 15:13 | answer | added | Curtis | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 17, 2023 at 15:13 | comment | added | jcaron | Just to be clear: in many countries asking, storing, and filtering on information about people's HIV status can be very strictly regulated (as any medical info about a person) and may not be allowed for a dating app, and/or may require extensive security measures to protect that information. Make sure your company and your client are aware of this. This is probably the reason this feature is not present in other apps. | |
| Nov 17, 2023 at 14:34 | answer | added | Falco | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 17, 2023 at 6:12 | answer | added | ConfusionTowers | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 21:50 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 16, 2023 at 18:16 | comment | added | Izquierdo | Thanks for the additional context. I think Devin made some great points about potential pitfalls, but I also wonder if there's a way to build a safe solution for + people, and have them (and those who want to date them) go there, vs. general screening of the entire user population. Just a thought. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 17:05 | comment | added | Avana Vana | This is not a feature of my design, it was a client request that I am obligated to implement. I was actually against implementing such a feature at all, because I think it is fraught with issues of all types. However, the client has cited research among would-be-users that indicates a desire for this sort of feature due to a distinct lack of it in other dating apps catering to the MSM community. But to answer your question, my own opinion, as should be evident from the OP, is that we should prioritize helping people connect and have fun, & we shouldn’t pretend to offer medical advice/info. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 16:05 | comment | added | Izquierdo | You list several use cases for asking this question, but I'm wondering - do you want to prioritize helping + people find each other? The other use cases sort of incentivize not disclosing. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 15:42 | answer | added | Devin | timeline score: 11 | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 14:09 | answer | added | Vitaly Mijiritsky | timeline score: 6 | |
| S Nov 16, 2023 at 13:50 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Nov 16, 2023 at 13:50 | history | asked | Avana Vana | CC BY-SA 4.0 |