Online Healthcare Data Privacy: Exit Through the Gift Shop
HealthIT Answers March 4, 2024
I thought I’d seen just about everything. Just when I imagined the bar could go no lower in terms of online privacy, I was in for a major surprise. What was I thinking?
Sure, I knew that my footprints across the internet were being tracked and sold by the large social media companies like any other commodity. We are just sacks of potatoes when it comes to our online activity. The data is sucked up and sold on the open market. Hell, this is so simple that US intelligence agencies have started buying data on US citizens directly from these vendors. Sure is easier than having to get a court order for a little domestic spying. That is a win-win...