Blue Shield says it shared health info on up to 4.7M patients with Google Ads (opens in new tab)

(theregister.com)

23 pointsBender11mo ago2 comments

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dgrin9111mo ago

They inadvertently sent the data to google via google analytics on their pages; they did not sell the data to google.

I wonder if they will get slapped with HIPPA violations in the current environment.

> I wonder if they will get slapped with HIPPA violations in the current environment.

They will not.

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dgrin9111mo ago

They inadvertently sent the data to google via google analytics on their pages; they did not sell the data to google.

I wonder if they will get slapped with HIPPA violations in the current environment.

> I wonder if they will get slapped with HIPPA violations in the current environment.

They will not.

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