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The prior written consent requirement establishes a higher protection standard for Personal Health Information than for other personal data, but the Services-necessity exception creates a carve-out that may permit disclosure without consent.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses enumeration starting at '(i)', indicating additional exceptions beyond the Services-necessity carve-out that are not visible in the provided text. The canonical claim states only the first explicit exception; other exceptions are noted in omitted_material.
Users' Personal Health Information is protected from disclosure without prior written consent, subject to an exception when disclosure is necessary to provide the Services.
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The prior written consent requirement establishes a higher protection standard for Personal Health Information than for other personal data, but the Services-necessity exception creates a carve-out that may permit disclosure without consent.
Users' Personal Health Information is protected from disclosure without prior written consent, subject to an exception when disclosure is necessary to provide the Services.
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