California-based Kaiser to notify millions after possibly exposing user data to tech companies
by SFGate
SFGate— Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based health care conglomerate, is warning millions of customers that one of its divisions may have exposed their names, symptom searches and other data to major tech companies. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. disclosed the data breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on April 12. TechCrunch first reported the news. Kaiser told SFGATE in a statement on Thursday, “certain online technologies, previously installed on its websites and mobile...
TechCrunch—Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients' data with advertisers. Kaiser, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, said it was notifying 13.4 million members of a data breach earlier in April. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Los Angeles Times—Kaiser Permanente notifies 13.4 million members of data breach. City of Hope also reported breach. Health insurance giant Kaiser Permanente apologized to 13.4 million of its members that some of their search information may have been inadvertently transmitted to Google, other search engines and media platforms. The Oakland-based company reported that "certain online technologies" that were previously installed on Kaiser Permanente websites and apps were transmitting information such as medical terms that members searched on the company website to Google, Microsoft Bing, and X, the social...