Colin Lecher

1 week ago | llrx.com | Colin Lecher |Tomas Apodaca

Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedInState-run health care websites around the country, meant to provide a simple way to shop for insurance, have been quietly sending visitors’ sensitive health information to Google and social media companies, The Markup and CalMatters found.

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Tomas Apodaca |Colin Lecher

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In April, The Markup and CalMatters found that Covered California, the state of California’s healthcare exchange, was sending the personal health information of its users to LinkedIn. The news triggered a class-action lawsuit and questions from federal lawmakers. In June, a Markup investigation further revealed that exchanges maintained by four other states have also leaked visitors’ sensitive health data.

1 week ago | elkodaily.com | Colin Lecher |Tomas Apodaca CalMatters

This story was originally published by The Markup, now a part of CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletter. State-run health care websites around the country, meant to provide a simple way to shop for insurance, have been quietly sending visitors’ sensitive health information to Google and social media companies, The Markup and CalMatters found.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tomas Apodaca |Colin Lecher

This story was originally published by The Markup, now a part of CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletter.In April, The Markup and CalMatters found that Covered California, the state of California’s healthcare exchange, was sending the personal health information of its users to LinkedIn. The news triggered a class-action lawsuit and questions from federal lawmakers.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Colin Lecher |Tomas Apodaca

This story was originally published by The Markup, now a part of CalMatters.Sign up for their newsletter.State-run health care websites around the country, meant to provide a simple way to shop for insurance, have been quietly sending visitors’ sensitive health information to Google and social media companies, The Markup and CalMatters found. 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...