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We Caught Nevada Sharing Personal Health Data with Big Tech - The Nevada Independent

  • The Markup and CalMatters revealed in 2025 that Nevada Health Link and other state health exchanges sent visitors' sensitive health data to companies like LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Google.
  • This data sharing occurred when visitors answered sensitive questions about prescriptions or personal conditions, and the exchanges used trackers intended to aid marketing, though some data transfer violated privacy norms.
  • Following the discovery, Nevada stopped sending data to Snapchat and LinkedIn by early May 2025 and Massachusetts ceased sending data to LinkedIn on April 28, after contact from the reporters.
  • Nevada’s Russell Cook stated that trackers unintentionally collected drug names and dosages and sent them to these platforms, describing the data as "wholly irrelevant to our marketing efforts" and noting tracking was disabled pending audit.
  • This incident highlights ongoing challenges in protecting health information on state-run exchanges, raising legal and ethical questions about data use and compliance with laws like HIPAA and the MHMD Act.
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We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech

Health care exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared sensitive user health data with Google, LinkedIn and Snapchat

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Nevada Independent broke the news in on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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