Kevin Kiley: “An investigation by CalMatters has revealed something extremely disturbing when it comes to the personal health…”

“An investigation by CalMatters has revealed something extremely disturbing when it comes to the personal health information of Californians. It has been revealed that the website of Covered California, which is the State's ObamaCare exchange, had a tracker that was collecting the personal health information of Californians, and then transmitting that information for marketing purposes. Specifically, the CalMatters investigation discovered that trackers on the website of Covered California collected and sent personal information to Linkedin through one of the company's trackers called an Insight tag. This information included very personal health information, whether the individual was blind, disabled, pregnant, whether they used prescription drugs, their gender identity, whether they are a victim of domestic abuse, how often they sought care at inpatient or outpatient facilities. A spokesperson for Covered California even admitted they installed these trackers as part of a marketing campaign, and the trackers, by the way, were not removed until this CalMatters report was published. This illegal action was undertaken despite the fact that Linkedin has publicly advised on their website that the Insight tags ``should not be installed on web pages that collect or contain sensitive data and that pages offering specific health-related or financial services or products to consumers,'' that should not be there, either.…”