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It's certainly a technical possibility but my bets are on your girlfriend's recent searches. Was the yt video on anything to do with being pregnant? Was the ph
by RoyTyrell 9y ago
It's certainly a technical possibility but my bets are on your girlfriend's recent searches. Was the yt video on anything to do with being pregnant?
Was the pharmacy a national chain, regional, local, or one-off?
In my experience in data exchanges with other large companies, data is usually shared and processed in batches where even an hour lag would be considered "very quick".
- null0pointer 9y agoIt's possible she had done some searches before talking to me, I'm not sure. The video was unrelated though. National chain pharmacy so they certainly have some kind of data sharing scheme.
- RoyTyrell 9y ago> National chain pharmacy so they certainly have some kind of data sharing scheme. I don't know if you can say that for sure or not. Regardless of whom shares customer data with whom, this whole issue has a number of legal/compliance issues beginning with HIPAA. The pregnancy test purchase, when anonymized, is just a sales data point, sure. When combined with identifying your girlfriend, and then giving that data to a third party (especially for non health-care treatment or paying claims needs), is most certainly illegal. If she had purchased a Coke, then no, but given she purchased a health-related product it falls into a myriad of laws that govern health care privacy.