Submission + - State ACA sites shared personal data with social media companies (bloomberg.com)
JoeyRox writes: Almost all of the 20 state-run ACA exchanges are embedding advertising trackers that share personal data with major tech companies, including gender, race, citizenship, and insurance premium information by zip.
“It is very harmful that these tracking technologies are so embedded in these sites because people would expect this information to be private,” said Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, citing research that indicates people alter their behavior online when they know they’re being surveilled.
“It is very harmful that these tracking technologies are so embedded in these sites because people would expect this information to be private,” said Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, citing research that indicates people alter their behavior online when they know they’re being surveilled.