the doc has no clue what the third party does or doesn’t do with my data
The doc would have no clue what his local IT staff do with his data, either. Furthermore, for all you know, the doctor isn’t deleting the things they record. In all of these scenarios, it’s 100% out of your control. Even if it’s local. Because it’s not your hardware and it’s not your business (as in, you don’t own the doctor’s office/hospital).
What you’re complaining about is contract law. You obviously don’t trust it. That has nothing to do with your voice being sent to servers in an Amazon data center. The 3rd party transcription service provider is under contract not to share your data and so is Amazon. Just like the doctor’s office is required by law not to share your data without your consent (which I guarantee you gave them permission for when you did your paperwork at that office).
Now let me take a step back for a second and ask a more serious question: Why do you care? I mean, I can think of several reasons why someone could care about theirs and their doctor’s voices being recorded but why do you, specifically care? What’s the “this is a problem” scenario you’re worried about?
The doc would have no clue what his local IT staff do with his data, either. Furthermore, for all you know, the doctor isn’t deleting the things they record. In all of these scenarios, it’s 100% out of your control. Even if it’s local. Because it’s not your hardware and it’s not your business (as in, you don’t own the doctor’s office/hospital).
What you’re complaining about is contract law. You obviously don’t trust it. That has nothing to do with your voice being sent to servers in an Amazon data center. The 3rd party transcription service provider is under contract not to share your data and so is Amazon. Just like the doctor’s office is required by law not to share your data without your consent (which I guarantee you gave them permission for when you did your paperwork at that office).
Now let me take a step back for a second and ask a more serious question: Why do you care? I mean, I can think of several reasons why someone could care about theirs and their doctor’s voices being recorded but why do you, specifically care? What’s the “this is a problem” scenario you’re worried about?