The Markup reports four states shared sensitive health data with tech firms through online health exchanges, raising privacy ...

Nevada’s exchange, Nevada Health Link, asks visitors about what prescriptions they use, including the names and dosages of the drugs, to help them find their best options for health insurance.

As visitors answered the questions online, their responses were sent to LinkedIn and Snapchat, according to tests by The Markup and CalMatters.

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The Markup reports four states shared sensitive health data with tech firms through online health exchanges, raising privacy concerns.

Nevada’s exchange, Nevada Health Link, asks visitors about what prescriptions they use, including the names and dosages of the drugs, to help them find their best options for health insurance.

After being contacted by The Markup and CalMatters, Nevada’s health exchange stopped sending visitors’ data to Snapchat and Massachusetts stopped sending data to LinkedIn.

Health care exchanges in Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn.

After being contacted by The Markup and CalMatters, Nevada’s health exchange stopped sending visitors’ data to Snapchat and Massachusetts stopped sending data to LinkedIn.

Massachusetts Health Connector, another exchange, told LinkedIn whether visitors said they were pregnant, blind, or disabled. After being contacted by The Markup and CalMatters, Nevada’s health ...