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Adam S.66
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Managing sensitive files with a server.

My friend is a lawyer. His clients submit documents to him through Dropbox. They are sensitive legal documents. He asked if there was some way that I could build a website (web app) that will manage ...
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Adam S.66's avatar
Adam S.66
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

I just checked and Dropbox is HIPPA compliant. It would have been nice if a doctor could just upload a file to the lawyer without passing through my even with TLS probably never HIPPA compliant server. Can a doctor logged into her own Dropbox account and the web app upload a document to Dropbox through the web app using the JavaScript SDK with a reference to the file link which will be stored in the web app's server database so the lawyer can be notified of the change and location of the document in Dropbox with each, the doctor and lawyer, using their own Dropbox accounts securely? 

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