Blue Shield of California shared the private health data of millions with Google for years | TechCrunch

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  • Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California is notifying millions of people of a data breach
  • The company confirmed on Wednesday that it had been sharing patients’ private health information with tech and advertising giant Google since 2021
  • Blue Shield said it used Google Analytics to track how its customers used its websites, but a misconfiguration had allowed for personal and health information to be collected
Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California is notifying millions of people of a data breach. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it had been sharing patients private health information wit [+2599 chars]

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