Going to the doctor can involve sharing your most personal information, including details about your health, medical history and prescriptions.

It all ends up in your medical record — but a new study by researchers at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto found that in some cases, private companies are accessing parts of that data and selling it to pharmaceutical companies.

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    3 days ago

    Read an article yesterday where schools plus was hacked and all our kids data is also now available out there. Not that a lot of it wasn’t before but damn.