You're not so anonymous: Medical data sold to analytics firms might be used to track identities

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 08:30 in Mathematics & Economics

When you visit a pharmacy to pick up antidepressants, cholesterol medication, or birth control pills, you might expect a certain measure of privacy. In reality, prescription information is routinely sold to analytics companies for use in research and pharmaceutical marketing.

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