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Did CA give LinkedIn your health data? [View all]
Dear CalMatters reader,
If you’re someone who has gotten health insurance from the insurance exchange site Covered California in the past year, your personal health information may have made its way over to LinkedIn. Since February 2024, as visitors filled out forms to apply for health insurance, trackers were sending LinkedIn sensitive health data about whether people said they were blind, pregnant, transgender or possible victims of domestic abuse. Our story is raising questions for some lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), who is now calling for an investigation into potential HIPAA violations. It has also sparked a proposed class action lawsuit against LinkedIn and Google
“We’re talking about a really important government service that affects millions of people in California,” said Colin Lecher, one of the reporters behind the story. “No one who was trying to fill out a form to get health insurance would have anticipated the information going to LinkedIn.”
Anna Almendrala
WeeklyMatters author
If you’re someone who has gotten health insurance from the insurance exchange site Covered California in the past year, your personal health information may have made its way over to LinkedIn. Since February 2024, as visitors filled out forms to apply for health insurance, trackers were sending LinkedIn sensitive health data about whether people said they were blind, pregnant, transgender or possible victims of domestic abuse. Our story is raising questions for some lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), who is now calling for an investigation into potential HIPAA violations. It has also sparked a proposed class action lawsuit against LinkedIn and Google
“We’re talking about a really important government service that affects millions of people in California,” said Colin Lecher, one of the reporters behind the story. “No one who was trying to fill out a form to get health insurance would have anticipated the information going to LinkedIn.”
Anna Almendrala
WeeklyMatters author
Emphasis is mine.
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