Nearly all 20 US state health insurance marketplaces shared residents' sensitive personal data—citizenship, race, sex, email, phone, ZIP codes—with ad tech giants Google, Meta, Snap, LinkedIn, and TikTok via misconfigured pixel trackers. Following Bloomberg's investigation, Washington D.C. and Virginia removed or paused these trackers. The incident reveals systemic privacy vulnerabilities in government digital infrastructure.
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US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Nearly all 20 US state health insurance marketplaces unknowingly funneled sensitive personal data—citizenship, race, email, phone—to Google, Meta, TikTok and other ad tech giants via misconfigured pixel trackers.
Monday, May 4, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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