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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.
Readers have asked: Is there anything I can do to stop my information from being leaked this way? The answer is yes.: Because the data is being collected and sent by your browser, you can exercise some control over it. Changing your settings to block more trackers, installing privacy-protecting browser extensions, or installing a new browser are among some of the things you can do to start.a class-action lawsuit and questions from federal lawmakers. In June, a Markup investigation further revealed that exchanges maintained by four other states haveWhat’s happening with our health data? The owners of the health exchange websites use services provided by tech companies like LinkedIn, Google and Snapchat to track user activity and to target advertising. To make this possible, website owners install and configure code provided by the tech companies on their pages. This code is called a “tracker.”
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