Becker's Healthcare February 26, 2020
GoodRx, an online platform that provides users with coupons for significant price cuts on prescription drugs, sends patient data, including the names of prescriptions, pharmacies and other personal details to more than 20 other internet-based companies, according to Consumer Reports.
Companies including Google, Facebook and a marketing company called Braze receive the names of prescriptions GoodRx users are researching, pharmacies where prescriptions are being filled and ID numbers used to track the behavior of specific consumers. The data could contain information people would rather keep private, according to Consumer Reports.
HIPAA rules that protect private patient information don’t apply to GoodRx or many other websites and apps that provide health and pharmaceutical information, according to Consumer Reports.
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