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Originally Posted by KayakerNC
Wow!
Ads on the internet? Who knew?  |
It looks like you are muddling together different issues.
You're comment is about a mechanism (i.e., a browser) used to deliver an advertisement over the internet. I suspect targeted advertising will be delivered through every medium. But the mode of deliver is not the real issue!
This article is about patient medical data being sold by drug benefit managers to data broker that will in turn resell access of it to others.
It is about HIPPA. In a nutshell, most people are concerned about being discriminated against due to health problem or illness. But some people just want their medical information to be private for a variety of personal reasons.