Novant Health admits leak of 1.3m patients’ info to Facebook

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But don’t worry, Zuck would never misuse this type of sensitive data…right?

“Novant Health confirmed that it may have disclosed 1.3 million patients’ sensitive data, including email addresses, phone numbers, financial information – even doctor’s appointment details – to Meta.

“This admission by the health-care network, which spans 800 hospitals and clinics across North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, follows a class action lawsuit against Meta that claims Facebook illegally received patient data from at least 664 hospital systems or medical providers.”

More at: https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/22/novant_meta_data/

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Data privacy? Hey, it’s not your body any more!

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Pardon my ignorance, but why on earth does Facebook need, or have any use for, this sort of information? Has anyone asked the Facebook execs why they accepted this information in the beginning and what they are doing, or going to do, with this?

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