The trackers found on health exchanges are extremely common and are used by the world’s most popular websites, including ones people use to prepare for college, do their taxes, get a mortgage, or ...

This story was originally published by The Markup, now a part of CalMatters.Sign up for their newsletter.In April, The Markup and CalMatters found that Covered California, the state of California’s ...

In April, The Markup and CalMatters found that Covered California, the state of California’s healthcare exchange, was sending its users’ personal health information to LinkedIn. The news triggered a ...

The owners of the health exchange websites use services provided by tech companies like LinkedIn, Google and Snapchat to track user activity and to target advertising. To make this possible, website ...

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