Posted on 01/20/2015 7:12:52 PM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's health insurance website is quietly sending consumers' personal data to private companies that specialize in advertising and analyzing Internet data for performance and marketing, The Associated Press has learned.
The scope of what is disclosed or how it might be used was not immediately clear, but it can include age, income, ZIP code, whether a person smokes, and if a person is pregnant. It can include a computer's Internet address, which can identify a person's name or address when combined with other information collected by sophisticated online marketing or advertising firms.
The Obama administration says HealthCare.gov's connections to data firms were intended to help improve the consumer experience. Officials said outside firms are barred from using the data to further their own business interests.
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April 15th, for those that don’t check the box.
the systemonce again proves well-founded.
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Sounds like a HIPAA violation.
sotu kabuki.
and the rebuttal sotu kabuki.
So much for the “right to privacy” ensconced in Roe v. Wade.
Hell - my wife will turn 65 in a few months and we have been deluged with ads about Medicare options/supplements for the last 3 months. She also had a medical procedure that is being hit with various class-action suits and has been getting calls from law offices about joining a class action suit - lots of agencies sharing lots of info.
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