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title: Set HIPAA flag to disable persistent cache storage
summary: HIPAA-compliant caching requires caching only in volatile storage, which you can enable with `beresp.hipaa` in VCL.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/solutions/examples/set-hipaa-flag-to-disable-persistent-cache-storage
---

HIPAA-compliant caching requires caching only in volatile storage, which you can enable with `beresp.hipaa` in VCL.

## VCL

[Try it in Fastly Fiddle](https://fiddle.fastly.dev/b4929fef)