health-data

Silly Consumer, Did You Think Your Prescription Info Was Private?

By Meg Marco on August 10, 2009 3:14 PM 94 Comments

—>The NYT has the story of a woman who, more than 10 years after she tried and failed to have a baby using in vitro procedures, is still getting marketing information for all sorts of products. First it was Pampers and baby formula — then, as the baby she did not have "grew up," so did the marketing offers. How did they get her information? They bought it. More »