Senators probe telehealth companies for tracking and monetizing sensitive health data

(By John Wilkerson for STAT)

A bipartisan group of senators fiercely criticized several prominent telehealth startups for failing to protect sensitive health information, citing an investigation by STAT and The Markup which found dozens of telehealth companies sharing patient data with Facebook, Google and other major advertising platforms. Continue reading here…

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