Kaiser Permanente on Monday said it was notifying millions of its members and patients of a data transmission to tech companies that may have included some of their personal information.
Kaiser Permanente reported a data breach Monday that could affect millions of its customers. The Bay Area health care giant said that when members and patients accessed its websites or mobile applications, data sent to third-party technology companies such as Google and X (formerly Twitter) via web cookies might have included personal information. The information mainly consisted of IP addresses and search terms used while logged into a Kaiser Permanente account or service. The data did not...
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Kaiser Permanente has announced a data transmission to tech companies that may have included some members' personal information.
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.
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...
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Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million patients their data may have
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week announced a significant update to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). This update aims to strengthen protections for consumers' health data in the digital age.