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Every morning, roughly 62 million Americans strap on a fitness tracker, open a wellness app, or tap...

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California bans data brokers from reselling health data of millions — a major win for privacy as regulation finally catches up with abuse. Sensitive data isn’t a commodity. 🏥🚫 #HealthDataPrivacy #DataProtection

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/california-bans-data-broker-reselling-health-data-of-millions/

California bans data broker reselling health data of millions

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) has taken action against the  Datamasters marketing firm that sold the health and personal data of millions of users without being registered as a data broker.

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Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged.

Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/well/x-grok-health-privacy.html

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Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged

Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.

The New York Times