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Health insurance giant, Blue Shield of California shared the private health data of millions with Google for years (news.blueshieldca.com)
 

Crossposted from https://programming.dev/post/29115507

On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024, Google Analytics was configured in a way that allowed certain member data to be shared with Google’s advertising product, Google Ads, that likely included protected health information. Google may have used this data to conduct focused ad campaigns back to those individual members.

Blue Shield severed the connection between Google Analytics and Google Ads on its websites in January 2024.

What information was involved

  • Insurance plan name, type and group number;
  • city;
  • zip code;
  • gender;
  • family size;
  • Blue Shield assigned identifiers for members’ online accounts;
  • medical claim service date and service provider, patient name, and patient financial responsibility;
  • “Find a Doctor” search criteria and results (location, plan name and type, provider name and type).
EU whacks Apple and Meta with $800 million in antitrust fines. Meta calls its penalty a ‘tariff’ in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah, wait! Law should be shaped after Meta’s way of doing business, so unfair.

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I didn’t know about sink it, will have a look! I currently use hydra to access Reddit on iOS.

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As I mentioned in other comments, I didn’t buy a new phone to degoogle. I’m sure there are more people on the same boat. And this is a degoogle group.

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Fuck that, next step is linux 🚀

*Permanently Deleted* in c/firefox@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Please no… I hope it can be disabled.

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Wow, thenewoil website is great. Thanks for sharing.

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

YouTube player app. Open source, no ads, no login, just import your subscriptions and playlists and you're ready to go.

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I have not tried other clients. I am quite happy with Voyager, but maybe I will give the others a shot :)

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I didn't like the statements regarding Trump either, but he deleted it and made some comment/post on reddit distancing himself from Trump and right wing politics. So I made peace with that, but yeah, people won't forget.

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I mean, it the end it’s all up to personal preferences. I’m strongly considering to delete Bluesky due to the latest controversy. But would you care to elaborate?

Another deGoogled iPhone in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, Linux phones might not be ready yet and it will mean compromises and workarounds. Will be following closely the development of not Google not Apple phones, before pulling the trigger.

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Another deGoogled iPhone (lemmy.ml)
 

A process that started roughly a year ago with just changing browser and search engine, now feeling that I got somewhere. The journey ended up being more than just degoogle, but also demetaing and taking more control over my data and privacy.

Before and after picture with notes:

Chrome -> Zen browser (Firefox on iOS)

Google -> Qwant

Gmail -> Proton Mail

NordVPN -> Proton VPN (I don’t use VPN very often, but have NordVPN through another subscription, now replaced with Proton across my devices)

Google Drive / Photos -> Proton Drive

Google Password Manager -> Proton Pass

Google Authenticator -> Proton Pass / Ente (Ente Auth is only used to store my 2FA keys for the Proton account, other keys are stored in Proton Pass)

Google Translator -> DeepL

YouTube -> FreeTube (Unwatched on iOS)

Google Maps -> Magic Earth (OSM on desktop)

WhatsApp -> Signal

Notion -> Anytype

Keep / Notes -> Notesnook

X -> Mastodon / Bluesky

Reddit -> Lemmy (Voyager on iOS, dreaming of an eventual complete migration)

Instagram -> Pixelfed

Facebook -> stopped using

Windows 11 -> Ubuntu (Only personal laptop, work laptop still windows)

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