When you fill in your sensitive medical data to shop for health insurance, the last place you expect it to go is LinkedIn. The Markup (npub1svp…js2d)’s investigation indicates that Covered California did exactly that as part of an advertising campaign. Via trackers, LinkedIn received info about gender, ethnicity, marital status, how often site visitors saw their doctors, and whether they were pregnant.
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/04/28/how-california-sent-residents-personal-health-data-to-linkedin
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