| Title | Healthcare.gov Sends Personal Data to Doubleclick et al | |
| Date | Friday January 23 2015, @02:07AM | |
| Author | martyb | |
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| from the hear's-looking-at-you dept. | ||
Researchers from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) have independently confirmed that healthcare.gov is sending personal health information to at least 14 third party domains, even if the user has enabled Do Not Track. The information is sent via the referrer header, which contains the URL of the page requesting a third party resource.
In one example, a URL at doubleclick.net is requested by your browser. Appended to the end of this URL is your age, smoking status, preganacy status, parental status, zip code, state and annual income. This URL is requested by your browser after you fill out the required information on healthcare.gov and click the button to view health insurance plans that you are eligible for.
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