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Investigation: health care exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island share sensitive data with Google, LinkedIn, and Snap via web trackers

But trackers we found logged details like one's operating system, browser, device, and times of visit. themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2... Mastodon: Ashe Dryden / @Ashedryden@xoxo.zone : The data, including prescription drug names and dosages, was sent by web trackers on state exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act to help Americans purchase health coverage.  —  https://themarkup.org/... @themarkup@mastodon.themarkup.org : State healthcare sites have been quietly sending sensitive user data to Google and LinkedIn.  —  We scanned the websites of states that independently operate their own online health exchange, and found four states — Nevada, Maine, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts — exposed users' sensitive health info. …

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    Despite giving various responses to questions about the tracking, all four exchanges said individually identifiable info wasn't shared.  —  But trackers we found logged details like one's operating system, browser, device, and times of visit. themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2...
  • @themarkup@mastodon.themarkup.org @themarkup@mastodon.themarkup.org on mastodon
    State healthcare sites have been quietly sending sensitive user data to Google and LinkedIn.  —  We scanned the websites of states that independently operate their own online health exchange, and found four states — Nevada, Maine, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts — exposed users' …