content: HIPAA only applies to the medical service industry and insurers financing them.  I'll never understand why people go on the Internet and pretend to be experts in something they know nothing about. There are plenty of stories but I'll just share one. A UPS drive delivers a package to a clinic and while taking the package into the back of the building sees a celebrity getting plastic surgery. That night he calls all the tabloids and sells the story to the highest bidder. The tabloid runs the story and the UPS guy finds himself in court for violating HIPAA privacy policies. I believe he got a year in prison. Being in a position to publicly share someone's private health information is enough to violate HIPAA.  Skype is not a HIPAA certified medical records carrier  Again, I'm not sure why you are speaking with so much authority on issues you seem to know nothing about.