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FTC lawyer warns of accidental misuse of health information

By Madeline Hughes
  • 10 Nov 2023 16:59
  • 10 Nov 2023 17:24
Sensitive health information could be accidentally disclosed and used in improper ways when companies’ data-keeping practices don’t actively protect such information, Manmeet Dhindsa, a staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, said today.
She pointed to a series of health-related applications including GoodRx and

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Madeline is a data privacy and security reporter based in Washington, DC. She got her start in journalism in local news, covering anything and everything in Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts before coming to DC to report on tech.

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