US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Summary
The TechCrunch piece reports that nearly all of the 20 U.S. state government health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ health-coverage applications with advertising and tech giants, illustrating privacy risks from pixel trackers and data-sharing practices. It highlights specific examples (data about incarceration, sex, race, emails, and phone numbers) and notes this is a longstanding issue amplified by ad-tech trackers. The article emphasizes regulatory and privacy implications for government and healthcare-related digital experiences.